On August 5, history records 63 notable events, 206 famous births and 103 deaths, spanning the years 135 to 1583.
Events on this day include: Roman armies enter Betar, slaughtering thousands and ending the bar Kokhba revolt. (135); Battle of Maserfield: Penda of Mercia defeats and kills Oswald of Northumbria. (642).
Notable people born on August 5 include Ladislaus IV of Hungary (1262), Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent (1301), Guillaume Dufay (1397).
Notable figures who died on this day include Xiao Ji (553), Eowa of Mercia (642), Oswald of Northumbria (642).
Events on 5 August 63
See all →Roman armies enter Betar, slaughtering thousands and ending the bar Kokhba revolt.
The last major Danish army to raid England is defeated at the Battle of Tettenhall by the allied forces of Mercia and Wessex, led by King Edward the Elder and Æthelred, Lord of the Mercians.
The Battle of Alhandic is fought between Ramiro II of León and Abd-ar-Rahman III at Zamora in the context of the Spanish Reconquista. The battle resulted in a victory for the Emirate of Córdoba.
Spanish Reconquista: the forces of the Kingdom of Castile initiate the ultimately futile Siege of Algeciras against the Emirate of Granada.
William Wallace, who led the Scottish resistance against England, is captured by the English near Glasgow and transported to London where he is put on trial and executed.
The Battle of Otterburn, a border skirmish between the Scottish and the English in Northern England, is fought near Otterburn.
Sir Humphrey Gilbert establishes the first English colony in North America, at what is now St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.
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Birthdays on 5 August 206
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Deaths on 5 August 103
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