Historical Events In August - 05

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

0642  On this day in history battle of Maserfield   

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  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  Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd on this day in history.   

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

1264  Anti-Jewish riots break out in Arnstadt Germany on this day in history.   

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  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  On August - 05 duke John VI of Bavaria visits "Christ's bride"/virgin Liduina   

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 this day in history.   

1543  French & Turkish troops occupy Nice on August - 05.   

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

1587  Spanish troops conquer Lock on August - 05.   

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

1607  On August - 05 philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer   

1610  On this day in history alonso García de Ramón, Spanish soldier and twice Royal Governor of Chile   

1623  Antonio Cesti, composer on this day in history.   

1624  On this day in history william, Jamestown Va, 1st black child born in English America   

1644  J Henry Alting, theologist (Statenvertaling), dies at 61 on August - 05.   

1654  On this day in history french troops occupy Stenay   

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

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 August - 05.   

1689  On this day in history 1,500 Iroquois attack the village of Lachine, in New France.   

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 this day in history.   

1745  Skirmish at Laggan: Glengarry beats Royal Scots on August - 05.   

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1301  On this day in history birth of edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician (d. 1330)   

1397  Guillaume Dufay, Franco-Flemish composer and theorist (d. 1474) was born on this day in history.   

1461  Alexander Jagiellon, Grand Duke of Lithuania (d. 1506) was born on this day in history.   

1540  On this day in history 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 August - 05 birth of antonio Cesti, composer   

1624  On August - 05 birth of william, Jamestown Va, 1st black child born in English America   

0882  Death of King Louis III of France (b. 863) on this day in history.   

1063  Death of Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd on this day in history.   

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

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

1572  On this day in history death of isaac Luria, Palestinian-born Kabbalist (b. 1534)   

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

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

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