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  On this day in history 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 August - 05 henry I is crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey.   

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

1264  Anti-Jewish riots break out in Arnstadt Germany on August - 05.   

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

1391  On August - 05 castilian sailors fire attack Jewish ghetto of Barcelona, 100's killed   

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

1420  On this day in history duke John VI of Bavaria visits "Christ's bride"/virgin Liduina   

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

1587  Spanish troops conquer Lock on August - 05.   

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

1607  Philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer on August - 05.   

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

1623  Antonio Cesti, composer on August - 05.   

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

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

1654  French troops occupy Stenay on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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 August - 05.   

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

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

1745  On August - 05 skirmish at Laggan: Glengarry beats Royal Scots   

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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 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  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 August - 05.   

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

1623  Antonio Cesti, composer was born on this day in history.   

1624  On this day in history 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  Death of Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd on August - 05.   

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

1364  On August - 05 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 this day in history j Henry Alting, theologist (Statenvertaling), dies at 61