Historical Events In August - 05

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

0642  On this day in history battle of Maserfield   

0882  France's Louis III dies at St Denis August 5 at age 19, and his brother Carloman becomes sole king on August - 05.   

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

1100  Henry I is crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey on August - 05.   

1157  On August - 05 dirk VI, Count of Holland, dies   

1264  On August - 05 anti-Jewish riots break out in Arnstadt Germany   

1305  On August - 05 william Wallace, who led Scottish resistance to England, is captured by the English near Glasgow and transported to London for trial and execution.   

1388  Battle of Otterburn, a border skirmish between the Scottish and the English in Northern England on this day in history.   

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 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  On this day in history french & Turkish troops occupy Nice   

1583  On this day in history gilbert claims Newfoundland (1st English colony in North America)   

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

1623  On this day in history antonio Cesti, composer   

1624  William, Jamestown Va, 1st black child born in English America on August - 05.   

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

1654  French troops occupy Stenay on August - 05.   

1666  On this day in history english fleet beats Dutch under Michiel the Ruyter   

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

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 this day in history.   

1745  On this day in history skirmish at Laggan: Glengarry beats Royal Scots   

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1301  On August - 05 birth of edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician (d. 1330)   

1397  On this day in history 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  On August - 05 birth of joseph Justice Scaliger, proposed Julian dating   

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

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

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

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

0882  On August - 05 death of king Louis III of France (b. 863)   

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

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

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

1572  Death of Isaac Luria, Palestinian-born Kabbalist (b. 1534) on this day in history.   

1579  Death of Stanislaus Hosius, Polish Catholic cardinal (b. 1504) on August - 05.   

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