Historical Events In August - 05

0135  On this day in history betar last outpost of Bar Kochba falls to Rome   

0642  On August - 05 battle of Maserfield   

0882  On August - 05 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 this day in history.   

1071  On this day in history emperor Romanos IV Diogenes captured/Islam advances through Europe   

1100  On August - 05 henry I is crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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  On August - 05 joseph Justice Scaliger, proposed Julian dating   

1543  On August - 05 french & Turkish troops occupy Nice   

1583  Gilbert claims Newfoundland (1st English colony in North America) on this day in history.   

1587  Spanish troops conquer Lock on August - 05.   

1604  John Eliot, "Apostle to Indians," Bible translator, baptized on August - 05.   

1607  On August - 05 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  On August - 05 william, Jamestown Va, 1st black child born in English America   

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

1654  French troops occupy Stenay on this day in history.   

1666  English fleet beats Dutch under Michiel the Ruyter on this day in history.   

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 August - 05.   

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 this day in history.   

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   

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Next Page »

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

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  On this day in history birth of alexander Jagiellon, Grand Duke of Lithuania (d. 1506)   

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

1604  On this day in history birth of john Eliot, "Apostle to Indians," Bible translator, baptized   

1607  On August - 05 birth of philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer   

1623  Antonio Cesti, composer was born on August - 05.   

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 August - 05.   

1063  On August - 05 death of gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd   

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

1364  On this day in history death of emperor Kogon of Japan (b. 1313)   

1572  On August - 05 death of isaac Luria, Palestinian-born Kabbalist (b. 1534)   

1579  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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