Historical Events In August - 05

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

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  Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd on August - 05.   

1071  On August - 05 emperor Romanos IV Diogenes captured/Islam advances through Europe   

1100  Henry I is crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey on this day in history.   

1157  Dirk VI, Count of Holland, dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1391  On this day in history castilian sailors fire attack Jewish ghetto of Barcelona, 100's killed   

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  Battle at Ponza: king Alfonso V of Aragon captured by Genuezen on this day in history.   

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

1543  On August - 05 french & Turkish troops occupy Nice   

1583  On August - 05 gilbert claims Newfoundland (1st English colony in North America)   

1587  On this day in history spanish troops conquer Lock   

1604  On August - 05 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  French troops occupy Stenay on this day in history.   

1666  English fleet beats Dutch under Michiel the Ruyter on August - 05.   

1667  State of Holland obtain Eternal Edict on this day in history.   

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 this day in history leonardo Ortensio Salvatore de Leo, composer   

1711  On August - 05 johan Lulofs, Dutch physicist/philosopher/astronomer   

1716  On August - 05 battle at Peterwardein: Eugenius van Savoye beats Turks   

1745  Skirmish at Laggan: Glengarry beats Royal Scots on this day in history.   

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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 August - 05.   

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

1540  On this day in history birth of joseph Justice Scaliger, proposed Julian dating   

1604  On August - 05 birth of john Eliot, "Apostle to Indians," Bible translator, baptized   

1607  Philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer was born on August - 05.   

1623  Antonio Cesti, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

0882  Death of King Louis III of France (b. 863) on August - 05.   

1063  Death of Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd on August - 05.   

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 this day in history.   

1579  On August - 05 death of stanislaus Hosius, Polish Catholic cardinal (b. 1504)   

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

1644  On August - 05 j Henry Alting, theologist (Statenvertaling), dies at 61