Historical Events In August - 05

0135  Betar last outpost of Bar Kochba falls to Rome on this day in history.   

0642  Battle of Maserfield on this day in history.   

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 this day in history gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd   

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

1100  On this day in history henry I is crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey.   

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

1264  On this day in history anti-Jewish riots break out in Arnstadt Germany   

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

1391  On this day in history castilian sailors fire attack Jewish ghetto of Barcelona, 100's killed   

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  On August - 05 battle at Ponza: king Alfonso V of Aragon captured by Genuezen   

1540  Joseph Justice Scaliger, proposed Julian dating on this day in history.   

1543  French & Turkish troops occupy Nice on August - 05.   

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

1587  On this day in history spanish troops conquer Lock   

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

1607  On this day in history 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  On August - 05 french troops occupy Stenay   

1666  English fleet beats Dutch under Michiel the Ruyter on August - 05.   

1667  State of Holland obtain Eternal Edict on this day in history.   

1689  On August - 05 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.   

1689  On August - 05 1,500 Iroquois attack the village of Lachine, in New France.   

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

1711  Johan Lulofs, Dutch physicist/philosopher/astronomer on this day in history.   

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  Guillaume Dufay, Franco-Flemish composer and theorist (d. 1474) was born on this day in history.   

1461  Alexander Jagiellon, Grand Duke of Lithuania (d. 1506) was born on August - 05.   

1540  On this day in history birth of joseph Justice Scaliger, proposed Julian dating   

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

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

1063  On August - 05 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  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  On this day in history death of alonso García de Ramón, Spanish soldier and twice Royal Governor of Chile   

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