Historical Events In August - 05

0135  Betar last outpost of Bar Kochba falls to Rome on August - 05.   

0642  Battle of Maserfield on August - 05.   

0882  France's Louis III dies at St Denis August 5 at age 19, and his brother Carloman becomes sole king on August - 05.   

0910  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 on August - 05.   

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

1071  Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes captured/Islam advances through Europe on August - 05.   

1100  Henry I is crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey on August - 05.   

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

1264  On this day in history 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.   

1388  Battle of Otterburn, a border skirmish between the Scottish and the English in Northern England on this day in history.   

1391  On August - 05 castilian sailors fire attack Jewish ghetto of Barcelona, 100's killed   

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

1420  On August - 05 duke John VI of Bavaria visits "Christ's bride"/virgin Liduina   

1435  Battle at Ponza: king Alfonso V of Aragon captured by Genuezen on August - 05.   

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

1543  French & Turkish troops occupy Nice on August - 05.   

1583  Gilbert claims Newfoundland (1st English colony in North America) on this day in history.   

1587  Spanish troops conquer Lock on this day in history.   

1604  On August - 05 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 this day in history.   

1624  William, Jamestown Va, 1st black child born in English America on August - 05.   

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

1654  French troops occupy Stenay on this day in history.   

1666  English fleet beats Dutch under Michiel the Ruyter on this day in history.   

1667  State of Holland obtain Eternal Edict on August - 05.   

1689  On this day in history 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.   

1689  1,500 Iroquois attack the village of Lachine, in New France on this day in history.   

1694  On August - 05 leonardo Ortensio Salvatore de Leo, composer   

1711  On August - 05 johan Lulofs, Dutch physicist/philosopher/astronomer   

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

1745  On this day in history skirmish at Laggan: Glengarry beats Royal Scots   

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1301  On this day in history birth of edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician (d. 1330)   

1397  On this day in history birth of guillaume Dufay, Franco-Flemish composer and theorist (d. 1474)   

1461  Alexander Jagiellon, Grand Duke of Lithuania (d. 1506) was born on August - 05.   

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 this day in history.   

1623  Antonio Cesti, composer was born on this day in history.   

1624  William, Jamestown Va, 1st black child born in English America was born on this day in history.   

0882  On this day in history death of king Louis III of France (b. 863)   

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

1157  Dirk VI, Count of Holland, dies on this day in history.   

1364  Death of Emperor Kogon of Japan (b. 1313) on this day in history.   

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

1579  On this day in history death of stanislaus Hosius, Polish Catholic cardinal (b. 1504)   

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

1644  On this day in history j Henry Alting, theologist (Statenvertaling), dies at 61