Historical Events In August - 05

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

0642  Battle of Maserfield on August - 05.   

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  On August - 05 gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd   

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

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

1157  Dirk VI, Count of Holland, dies on August - 05.   

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

1305  On this day in history 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  On August - 05 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  On August - 05 battle at Ponza: king Alfonso V of Aragon captured by Genuezen   

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

1543  On this day in history french & Turkish troops occupy Nice   

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

1587  On August - 05 spanish troops conquer Lock   

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

1607  Philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer on this day in history.   

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

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 August - 05.   

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  Johan Lulofs, Dutch physicist/philosopher/astronomer on August - 05.   

1716  On this day in history battle at Peterwardein: Eugenius van Savoye beats Turks   

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  On August - 05 birth of guillaume Dufay, Franco-Flemish composer and theorist (d. 1474)   

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

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

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

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 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 August - 05.   

1644  On this day in history j Henry Alting, theologist (Statenvertaling), dies at 61