Historical Events In August - 05

0135  On August - 05 betar last outpost of Bar Kochba falls to Rome   

0642  On this day in history battle of Maserfield   

0882  France's Louis III dies at St Denis August 5 at age 19, and his brother Carloman becomes sole king on August - 05.   

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 August - 05.   

1063  Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd on this day in history.   

1071  On August - 05 emperor Romanos IV Diogenes captured/Islam advances through Europe   

1100  Henry I is crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey on this day in history.   

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

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

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  On August - 05 battle at Worskla: Tataren beat Russians & Litouwers   

1420  Duke John VI of Bavaria visits "Christ's bride"/virgin Liduina on August - 05.   

1435  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1587  Spanish troops conquer Lock on this day in history.   

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

1607  Philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer on August - 05.   

1610  Alonso García de Ramón, Spanish soldier and twice Royal Governor of Chile on August - 05.   

1623  Antonio Cesti, composer on this day in history.   

1624  On August - 05 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  On this day in history french troops occupy Stenay   

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

1667  State of Holland obtain Eternal Edict on August - 05.   

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  On this day in history 1,500 Iroquois attack the village of Lachine, in New France.   

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

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

1716  On August - 05 battle at Peterwardein: Eugenius van Savoye beats Turks   

1745  On August - 05 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 August - 05.   

1397  Guillaume Dufay, Franco-Flemish composer and theorist (d. 1474) was born on August - 05.   

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

1540  Joseph Justice Scaliger, proposed Julian dating was born on August - 05.   

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 August - 05.   

1624  William, Jamestown Va, 1st black child born in English America was born on this day in history.   

0882  Death of King Louis III of France (b. 863) on August - 05.   

1063  On August - 05 death of gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd   

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

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

1572  Death of Isaac Luria, Palestinian-born Kabbalist (b. 1534) on this day in history.   

1579  On this day in history death of stanislaus Hosius, Polish Catholic cardinal (b. 1504)   

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

1644  J Henry Alting, theologist (Statenvertaling), dies at 61 on this day in history.