Historical Events In August - 05

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

0642  Battle of Maserfield on this day in history.   

0882  On August - 05 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  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  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  Duke John VI of Bavaria visits "Christ's bride"/virgin Liduina on August - 05.   

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

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

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

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

1607  On this day in history philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer   

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

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 August - 05 english fleet beats Dutch under Michiel the Ruyter   

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

1689  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 on August - 05.   

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  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 August - 05 birth of guillaume Dufay, Franco-Flemish composer and theorist (d. 1474)   

1461  On August - 05 birth of alexander Jagiellon, Grand Duke of Lithuania (d. 1506)   

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 this day in history birth of philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer   

1623  On this day in history birth of antonio Cesti, composer   

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

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  On August - 05 dirk VI, Count of Holland, dies   

1364  On August - 05 death of emperor Kogon of Japan (b. 1313)   

1572  On August - 05 death of isaac Luria, Palestinian-born Kabbalist (b. 1534)   

1579  Death of Stanislaus Hosius, Polish Catholic cardinal (b. 1504) on August - 05.   

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 August - 05.