Historical Events In August - 05

0135  On August - 05 betar last outpost of Bar Kochba falls to Rome  

0642  Battle of Maserfield on August - 05.  

0882  On this day in history france's Louis III dies at St Denis August 5 at age 19, and his brother Carloman becomes sole king  

0910  On this day in history the last major Viking army to raid England is defeated at the Battle of Tettenhall by the allied forces of Mercia and Wessex, led by King Edward and Earl Aethelred.  

1063  On this day in history gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd  

1071  Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes captured/Islam advances through Europe on this day in history.  

1100  On this day in history henry I is crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey.  

1157  On August - 05 dirk VI, Count of Holland, dies  

1264  On August - 05 anti-Jewish riots break out in Arnstadt Germany  

1305  William Wallace, who led Scottish resistance to England, is captured by the English near Glasgow and transported to London for trial and execution on August - 05.  

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1388  Battle of Otterburn, a border skirmish between the Scottish and the English in Northern England on August - 05.  

1391  On this day in history castilian sailors fire attack Jewish ghetto of Barcelona, 100's killed  

1399  On August - 05 battle at Worskla: Tataren beat Russians & Litouwers  

1420  Duke John VI of Bavaria visits "Christ's bride"/virgin Liduina on August - 05.  

1435  On this day in history battle at Ponza: king Alfonso V of Aragon captured by Genuezen  

1540  Joseph Justice Scaliger, proposed Julian dating on August - 05.  

1543  French & Turkish troops occupy Nice on this day in history.  

1583  On this day in history gilbert claims Newfoundland (1st English colony in North America)  

1587  On this day in history spanish troops conquer Lock  

1604  On this day in history john Eliot, "Apostle to Indians," Bible translator, baptized  

1607  Philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer on August - 05.  

1610  Alonso García de Ramón, Spanish soldier and twice Royal Governor of Chile on this day in history.  

1623  Antonio Cesti, composer on August - 05.  

1624  On August - 05 william, Jamestown Va, 1st black child born in English America  

1644  On August - 05 j Henry Alting, theologist (Statenvertaling), dies at 61  

1654  On this day in history french troops occupy Stenay  

1666  On this day in history english fleet beats Dutch under Michiel the Ruyter  

1667  On this day in history state of Holland obtain Eternal Edict  

1689  A band of 1,500 Iroquois surround the village of Lachine, Quebec during a violent thunderstorm and set fire to the houses; they then massacre 24 inhabitants and kidnap 90; 42 of the 90 are never seen again; they also kill about 200 more settlers and capture 100 in raids in the vicinity on this day in history.  

1689  1,500 Iroquois attack the village of Lachine, in New France on August - 05.  

1694  Leonardo Ortensio Salvatore de Leo, composer on August - 05.  

1711  Johan Lulofs, Dutch physicist/philosopher/astronomer on August - 05.  

1716  On this day in history battle at Peterwardein: Eugenius van Savoye beats Turks  

1745  On August - 05 skirmish at Laggan: Glengarry beats Royal Scots  

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1301  Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician (d. 1330) was born on August - 05.  

1397  On August - 05 birth of guillaume Dufay, Franco-Flemish composer and theorist (d. 1474)  

1461  On this day in history birth of alexander Jagiellon, Grand Duke of Lithuania (d. 1506)  

1540  On this day in history birth of joseph Justice Scaliger, proposed Julian dating  

1604  John Eliot, "Apostle to Indians," Bible translator, baptized was born on this day in history.  

1607  Philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer was born on August - 05.  

1623  Antonio Cesti, composer was born on August - 05.  

1624  On August - 05 birth of william, Jamestown Va, 1st black child born in English America  

0882  Death of King Louis III of France (b. 863) on this day in history.  

1063  Death of Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd on this day in history.  

1157  On this day in history dirk VI, Count of Holland, dies  

1364  Death of Emperor Kogon of Japan (b. 1313) on August - 05.  

1572  On August - 05 death of isaac Luria, Palestinian-born Kabbalist (b. 1534)  

1579  Death of Stanislaus Hosius, Polish Catholic cardinal (b. 1504) on this day in history.  

1610  Death of Alonso García de Ramón, Spanish soldier and twice Royal Governor of Chile on August - 05.  

1644  J Henry Alting, theologist (Statenvertaling), dies at 61 on this day in history.