Historical Events In August - 05

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

0642  On August - 05 battle of Maserfield  

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  On August - 05 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 August - 05 gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd  

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

1100  On August - 05 henry I is crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey.  

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

1264  Anti-Jewish riots break out in Arnstadt Germany on August - 05.  

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  On this day in history battle of Otterburn, a border skirmish between the Scottish and the English in Northern England.  

1391  Castilian sailors fire attack Jewish ghetto of Barcelona, 100's killed on this day in history.  

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

1420  Duke John VI of Bavaria visits "Christ's bride"/virgin Liduina on this day in history.  

1435  On August - 05 battle at Ponza: king Alfonso V of Aragon captured by Genuezen  

1540  Joseph Justice Scaliger, proposed Julian dating on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history spanish troops conquer Lock  

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

1607  On this day in history philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer  

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

1623  Antonio Cesti, composer on this day in history.  

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

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

1654  On August - 05 french troops occupy Stenay  

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

1667  On August - 05 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 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  Battle at Peterwardein: Eugenius van Savoye beats Turks on August - 05.  

1745  On this day in history 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  Guillaume Dufay, Franco-Flemish composer and theorist (d. 1474) was born on this day in history.  

1461  On August - 05 birth of alexander Jagiellon, Grand Duke of Lithuania (d. 1506)  

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

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

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

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

1157  Dirk VI, Count of Holland, dies on August - 05.  

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

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

1579  Death of Stanislaus Hosius, Polish Catholic cardinal (b. 1504) on August - 05.  

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