Historical Events In July - 05
Sunday, 02 November 2025
0649 St Martin I begins his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history. 

0767 Duke of Nepi names his brother (leek) Pope Constantine II on this day in history. 

1054 On July - 05 a minor star in the constellation Taurus explodes July 5 in a supernova that is visible by daylight for 23 days and remains visible at night for another 633 days, an event recorded by pictographs in China and in the Western Hemisphere 

1054 On this day in history brightest supernova (Crab Nebula) 1st reported 

1294 On this day in history pietro del Murrone elected as Pope Coelestinus V 

1295 Scotland & France sign anti-English covenant on this day in history. 

1436 German emperor Sigismund signs peace with Hussieten on July - 05. 

1450 On July - 05 pope Nicolas V names Walraven van Meurs bishop of Munster 

1539 Antonio M Zaccaria, Italian physician/saint, dies on this day in history. 

1546 On this day in history johann Steuerlein, composer 

1596 On July - 05 english fleet under the earl of Essex plunder Cadiz 

1610 On July - 05 john Guy sets sail from Bristol with 39 other colonists for Newfoundland. 

1626 Battle at Lenz: Rebel Austrian Boers defeated on July - 05. 

1626 Stephan Fadinger, Austrian boer leader, dies in battle on this day in history. 

1643 First recorded tornado in US (Essex County, Massachusetts) on this day in history. 

1643 1st recorded tornado in US (Essex County, Massachusetts) on July - 05. 

1654 On this day in history antonio Maria Pacchioni, composer 

1675 Mary Walcott, American accuser at the Salem witch trials on this day in history. 

1681 Fjodor Aleksejevitsj, tsar of Russia, dies on July - 05. 

1687 On July - 05 isaac Newton's PRINCIPIA published by Royal Society in England 

1729 Claudio M da Costa, Brazilian poet on July - 05. 

1750 Slave revolt on Curacao on this day in history. 

1755 On July - 05 sarah Kemble Siddons, Brecon England, tragic actress (Fatal Marriage) 

1758 Lake George New York, General James Abercromby leaves the ruins of Fort William Henry at the head of Lake George to attack the French at Fort Carillon; army of 6,000 British regulars, and almost 9000 provincials from New England, New York and New Jersey, embarks in hundreds of batteaux and whale boats on this day in history. 

1764 Janos Lavotta, composer on July - 05. 

1770 On July - 05 battle of Chesma and Battle of Larga between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire. 

1775 On this day in history uS Congress adopts the Olive Branch Petition. 

1775 On July - 05 william Crotch, composer 

1781 Stamford Raffles, founder (Singapore) on this day in history. 

1791 On July - 05 jos‚ Mar¡a Narv ez discovers Point Grey, now in Vancouver, BC 

1791 Jose Maria Narvaez discovers Point Grey (now Vancouver BC) on this day in history. 

1793 On this day in history pavel I Pestel, Russian officer 

1794 On this day in history sylvester Graham, developed graham cracker 

1801 David Glasgow Farragut, Tenn, Vice Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1870 on July - 05. 

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