Historical Events In August - 05

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

0642  Battle of Maserfield on August - 05.   

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

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  On August - 05 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 August - 05 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  On this day in history battle of Otterburn, a border skirmish between the Scottish and the English in Northern England.   

1391  Castilian sailors fire attack Jewish ghetto of Barcelona, 100's killed on August - 05.   

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

1420  Duke John VI of Bavaria visits "Christ's bride"/virgin Liduina on August - 05.   

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 this day in history french & Turkish troops occupy Nice   

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

1587  On August - 05 spanish troops conquer Lock   

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

1607  Philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer on August - 05.   

1610  Alonso García de Ramón, Spanish soldier and twice Royal Governor of Chile on this day in history.   

1623  On August - 05 antonio Cesti, composer   

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

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

1654  French troops occupy Stenay on this day in history.   

1666  On August - 05 english fleet beats Dutch under Michiel the Ruyter   

1667  State of Holland obtain Eternal Edict on August - 05.   

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 August - 05.   

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

1711  On this day in history johan Lulofs, Dutch physicist/philosopher/astronomer   

1716  Battle at Peterwardein: Eugenius van Savoye beats Turks on August - 05.   

1745  On August - 05 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 this day in history.   

1397  On this day in history birth of guillaume Dufay, Franco-Flemish composer and theorist (d. 1474)   

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

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

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

1607  On this day in history 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  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  On this day in history death of emperor Kogon of Japan (b. 1313)   

1572  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of alonso García de Ramón, Spanish soldier and twice Royal Governor of Chile   

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