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 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  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  On this day in history gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd   

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

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

1305  On August - 05 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 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 this day in history.   

1435  On this day in history battle at Ponza: king Alfonso V of Aragon captured by Genuezen   

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

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

1607  On August - 05 philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer   

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

1623  On this day in history antonio Cesti, composer   

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

1644  On August - 05 j Henry Alting, theologist (Statenvertaling), dies at 61   

1654  On August - 05 french troops occupy Stenay   

1666  On this day in history english fleet beats Dutch under Michiel the Ruyter   

1667  On August - 05 state of Holland obtain Eternal Edict   

1689  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

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

1716  Battle at Peterwardein: Eugenius van Savoye beats Turks on this day in history.   

1745  Skirmish at Laggan: Glengarry beats Royal Scots on this day in history.   

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

1607  On this day in history birth of philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer   

1623  On August - 05 birth of antonio Cesti, composer   

1624  William, Jamestown Va, 1st black child born in English America was born on August - 05.   

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 August - 05 dirk VI, Count of Holland, dies   

1364  Death of Emperor Kogon of Japan (b. 1313) on August - 05.   

1572  On this day in history death of isaac Luria, Palestinian-born Kabbalist (b. 1534)   

1579  Death of Stanislaus Hosius, Polish Catholic cardinal (b. 1504) on this day in history.   

1610  Death of Alonso García de Ramón, Spanish soldier and twice Royal Governor of Chile on this day in history.   

1644  J Henry Alting, theologist (Statenvertaling), dies at 61 on August - 05.