Historical Events In August - 05

0135  On August - 05 betar last outpost of Bar Kochba falls to Rome   

0642  Battle of Maserfield on this day in history.   

0882  On this day in history france's Louis III dies at St Denis August 5 at age 19, and his brother Carloman becomes 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 on this day in history.   

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

1071  Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes captured/Islam advances through Europe on this day in history.   

1100  On this day in history henry I is crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey.   

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 August - 05.   

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

1399  Battle at Worskla: Tataren beat Russians & Litouwers on August - 05.   

1420  On this day in history 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  Joseph Justice Scaliger, proposed Julian dating on August - 05.   

1543  French & Turkish troops occupy Nice on this day in history.   

1583  Gilbert claims Newfoundland (1st English colony in North America) on August - 05.   

1587  On August - 05 spanish troops conquer Lock   

1604  John Eliot, "Apostle to Indians," Bible translator, baptized on this day in history.   

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

1610  On August - 05 alonso García de Ramón, Spanish soldier and twice Royal Governor of Chile   

1623  On this day in history antonio Cesti, composer   

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

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

1694  Leonardo Ortensio Salvatore de Leo, composer on this day in history.   

1711  Johan Lulofs, Dutch physicist/philosopher/astronomer on August - 05.   

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  On August - 05 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 August - 05 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  On August - 05 birth of philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer   

1623  On this day in history birth of antonio Cesti, composer   

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  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 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  On August - 05 death of alonso García de Ramón, Spanish soldier and twice Royal Governor of Chile   

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