Events on 5 January 38
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Edward the Confessor dies childless, sparking a succession crisis that will eventually lead to the Norman conquest of England.
Year 1477
Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is killed and Burgundy becomes part of France.
Year 1527
Felix Manz, a leader of the Anabaptist congregation in Zürich, Switzerland, is executed by drowning.
Year 1757
Louis XV of France survives an assassination attempt by Robert-François Damiens, the last person to be executed in France by drawing and quartering, the traditional and gruesome form of capital punishment used for regicides.
Year 1781
American Revolutionary War: Richmond, Virginia, is burned by British naval forces led by Benedict Arnold.
Year 1846
The United States House of Representatives votes to stop sharing the Oregon Territory with the United Kingdom.
Year 1875
The Palais Garnier, one of the most famous opera houses in the world, is inaugurated in Paris.
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