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

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

1264  Anti-Jewish riots break out in Arnstadt Germany on this day in history.   

1305  On this day in history william Wallace, who led Scottish resistance to England, is captured by the English near Glasgow and transported to London for trial and execution.   

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

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

1399  Battle at Worskla: Tataren beat Russians & Litouwers on this day in history.   

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 August - 05 joseph Justice Scaliger, proposed Julian dating   

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

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

1587  Spanish troops conquer Lock on August - 05.   

1604  John Eliot, "Apostle to Indians," Bible translator, baptized on August - 05.   

1607  On this day in history philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer   

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  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  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  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  On August - 05 leonardo Ortensio Salvatore de Leo, composer   

1711  Johan Lulofs, Dutch physicist/philosopher/astronomer on this day in history.   

1716  Battle at Peterwardein: Eugenius van Savoye beats Turks on this day in history.   

1745  Skirmish at Laggan: Glengarry beats Royal Scots on August - 05.   

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1301  Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician (d. 1330) was born on this day in history.   

1397  Guillaume Dufay, Franco-Flemish composer and theorist (d. 1474) was born on August - 05.   

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

1540  On August - 05 birth of joseph Justice Scaliger, proposed Julian dating   

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

1607  Philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

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

0882  On August - 05 death of king Louis III of France (b. 863)   

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

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

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

1572  Death of Isaac Luria, Palestinian-born Kabbalist (b. 1534) on August - 05.   

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 this day in history.   

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