Historical Events In September - 05
Sunday, 17 August 2025
1187 Louis VIII, [Coeur-de-Lion] king of France (1223-26) on this day in history.
1198 On September - 05 philips van Zwaben Hohenstaufen crowned king of Roman Catholic Germany
1235 On September - 05 henry I, duke of Brabant, dies
1319 On September - 05 pedro IV, king of Aragon
1519 On September - 05 2nd Battle of Tehuacingo, Mexico: Hernan Cortes vs Tlascala Aztecs
1548 On September - 05 catharine Parr, queen of England/wife of Henry VIII, dies at about 36
1550 On September - 05 william Cecil appoints himself English minister of foreign affairs
1566 On this day in history suleiman I, Great Law Giver, sultan of Turkey (1520-66), dies at 71
1569 Pieter Bruegel, South Netherlands painter, dies at about 44 on this day in history.
1572 On September - 05 pieter Tichelmann, Flemish Franciscan, dies at about 71
1590 Alexander Farnese's army forces Henry IV of France to raise the siege of Paris on this day in history.
1596 Dutch fleet commander Cornelis de Houtman taken hostage in Java on this day in history.
1600 On this day in history loreto Vittori, composer
1622 On this day in history richelieu becomes cardinal
1634 -6] Battle at Nordlingen: King Ferdinand III & Spain beat Sweden & German protestants on September - 05.
1638 On this day in history louis XIV, Sun King, king of France (1643-1715) [OS]
1644 Prince Frederik Henry conquerors Sas of Gent on this day in history.
1644 Gillis Schey, Dutch admiral (battle at Lowestoft) on September - 05.
1659 On this day in history pieter de Carpentier, Flemish gov-gen of Neth East-Indies, dies at 71
1661 On this day in history french superintendant of Finance Nicolas Fouquet arrested
1666 Great Fire of London ends, leaving 13,200 houses destroyed and 8 dead on September - 05.
1666 On this day in history gottfried Arnold, German theologist/historian/songwriter
1683 Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French Minister of Navy, dies at 64 on September - 05.
1684 On September - 05 john Uytenhage van Lacks, lawyer/author, drowned at 48
1688 Lukas Fencer, Dutch poet (Fight of Kings & Mice) on this day in history.
1694 On September - 05 frantisek Antonin Mica, composer
1698 Russia's Peter the Great imposes a tax on beards on this day in history.
1725 French King Louis XV marries Polish princess Mary Lesczynski on this day in history.
1734 Jean-Benjamin de La Borde, composer on this day in history.
1735 Johann Christian Bach, composer, son of JS Bach (English Bach) on this day in history.
1737 Johann Friedrich Gottlieb Beckmann, composer on this day in history.
1750 On September - 05 decree issued in Paderborn Prussia allows for annual search of all Jewish homes for stolen or "doubtful" goods
1750 Robert Fergusson, Scottish poet (Scots poems) on September - 05.
1767 August Wilhelm Schlegel, German poet/translator/critic on September - 05.