Historical Events In August - 05

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

0642  Battle of Maserfield on this day in history.   

0882  On this day in history 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  Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd on August - 05.   

1071  Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes captured/Islam advances through Europe on August - 05.   

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

1157  On this day in history dirk VI, Count of Holland, dies   

1264  On August - 05 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 August - 05.   

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

1435  Battle at Ponza: king Alfonso V of Aragon captured by Genuezen on August - 05.   

1540  On August - 05 joseph Justice Scaliger, proposed Julian dating   

1543  French & Turkish troops occupy Nice on this day in history.   

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

1587  On this day in history spanish troops conquer Lock   

1604  On August - 05 john Eliot, "Apostle to Indians," Bible translator, baptized   

1607  On August - 05 philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer   

1610  On August - 05 alonso García de Ramón, Spanish soldier and twice Royal Governor of Chile   

1623  Antonio Cesti, composer on this day in history.   

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

1694  Leonardo Ortensio Salvatore de Leo, composer on August - 05.   

1711  On August - 05 johan Lulofs, Dutch physicist/philosopher/astronomer   

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

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

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1301  Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician (d. 1330) was born on this day in history.   

1397  On this day in history birth of guillaume Dufay, Franco-Flemish composer and theorist (d. 1474)   

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

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

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  On August - 05 birth of antonio Cesti, composer   

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  Death of Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd on August - 05.   

1157  On this day in history dirk VI, Count of Holland, dies   

1364  Death of Emperor Kogon of Japan (b. 1313) on this day in history.   

1572  Death of Isaac Luria, Palestinian-born Kabbalist (b. 1534) on August - 05.   

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