Historical Events In August - 05

0135  Betar last outpost of Bar Kochba falls to Rome   

0642  Battle of Maserfield.   

0882  France's Louis III dies at St Denis August 5 at age 19, and his brother Carloman is recorded as becoming sole king.   

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.   

1063  Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd   

1071  Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes capture/ slam advances through Europe.   

1100  Henry I is crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey.   

1157  Dirk VI, Count of Holland, dies   

1264  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.   

1388  Battle of Otterburn, a border skirmish between the Scottish and the English in Northern England   

1301  Edmund of woodstock: 1st earl of kent, english politician   

1397  Guillaume dufay: Franco-flemish composer and theorist   

1461  Alexander jagiellon: Grand duke of lithuania   

1540  Joseph justice scaliger: Proposed julian dating   

1604  John eliot: "apostle to indians," bible translator, baptized   

1607  Philipp friedrich boddecker: Composer   

1623  Antonio cesti: Composer   

1624  William: Jamestown va, 1st black child born in english america   

0882  King louis iii of france: King louis iii of france (b. 863)   

1063  Gruffydd ap llywelyn: King of gwynedd   

1157  Dirk vi: Count of holland,   

1364  Emperor kogon of japan: Emperor kogon of japan (b. 1313)   

1572  Isaac luria: Palestinian-born kabbalist (b. 1534)   

1579  Stanislaus hosius: Polish catholic cardinal (b. 1504)   

1610  Alonso garcía de ramón: Spanish soldier and twice royal governor of chile   

1644  J henry alting: Theologist (statenvertaling),