Historical Events In July - 05
Sunday, 16 February 2025
0649 St Martin I begins his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.
0767 Duke of Nepi names his brother (leek) Pope Constantine II on this day in history.
1054 A minor star in the constellation Taurus explodes July 5 in a supernova that is visible by daylight for 23 days and remains visible at night for another 633 days, an event recorded by pictographs in China and in the Western Hemisphere on July - 05.
1054 On July - 05 brightest supernova (Crab Nebula) 1st reported
1294 Pietro del Murrone elected as Pope Coelestinus V on this day in history.
1295 Scotland & France sign anti-English covenant on this day in history.
1436 On this day in history german emperor Sigismund signs peace with Hussieten
1450 On this day in history pope Nicolas V names Walraven van Meurs bishop of Munster
1539 Antonio M Zaccaria, Italian physician/saint, dies on July - 05.
1546 On July - 05 johann Steuerlein, composer
1596 On July - 05 english fleet under the earl of Essex plunder Cadiz
1610 John Guy sets sail from Bristol with 39 other colonists for Newfoundland on July - 05.
1626 On July - 05 battle at Lenz: Rebel Austrian Boers defeated
1626 Stephan Fadinger, Austrian boer leader, dies in battle on this day in history.
1643 On this day in history first recorded tornado in US (Essex County, Massachusetts)
1643 1st recorded tornado in US (Essex County, Massachusetts) on this day in history.
1654 Antonio Maria Pacchioni, composer on July - 05.
1675 On this day in history mary Walcott, American accuser at the Salem witch trials
1681 Fjodor Aleksejevitsj, tsar of Russia, dies on this day in history.
1687 Isaac Newton's PRINCIPIA published by Royal Society in England on July - 05.
1729 On this day in history claudio M da Costa, Brazilian poet
1750 Slave revolt on Curacao on July - 05.
1755 On this day in history sarah Kemble Siddons, Brecon England, tragic actress (Fatal Marriage)
1758 On this day in history lake George New York, General James Abercromby leaves the ruins of Fort William Henry at the head of Lake George to attack the French at Fort Carillon; army of 6,000 British regulars, and almost 9000 provincials from New England, New York and New Jersey, embarks in hundreds of batteaux and whale boats.
1764 On this day in history janos Lavotta, composer
1770 Battle of Chesma and Battle of Larga between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire on July - 05.
1775 On July - 05 uS Congress adopts the Olive Branch Petition.
1775 William Crotch, composer on this day in history.
1781 Stamford Raffles, founder (Singapore) on July - 05.
1791 On this day in history jos‚ Mar¡a Narv ez discovers Point Grey, now in Vancouver, BC
1791 Jose Maria Narvaez discovers Point Grey (now Vancouver BC) on July - 05.
1793 On July - 05 pavel I Pestel, Russian officer
1794 On this day in history sylvester Graham, developed graham cracker
1801 On July - 05 david Glasgow Farragut, Tenn, Vice Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1870
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