Events on 5 June 57
See all →Year 754
Boniface, Anglo-Saxon missionary, is killed by a band of pagans at Dokkum in Frisia.
Year 1283
Battle of the Gulf of Naples: Roger of Lauria, admiral to King Peter III of Aragon, captures Charles of Salerno.
Year 1625
The city of Breda surrenders to the Spanish tercios under general Ambrosio Spinola.
Year 1798
The Battle of New Ross: The attempt to spread the United Irish Rebellion into Munster is defeated.
Year 1832
The June Rebellion breaks out in Paris in an attempt to overthrow the monarchy of Louis Philippe.
Public Holidays Around The World On This Day 3
Birthdays on 5 June 191
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Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York
b. 1341 โ d. 1402
Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, English politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (b. 1341)
Ludovico III Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua
b. 1412 โ d. 1478
Ludovico III Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua (b. 1412)
Justus Jonas
b. 1493 โ d. 1555
Justus Jonas, German academic and reformer (b. 1493)
Margaret of France, Duchess of Berry
b. 1523 โ d. 1573
Margaret of France, Duchess of Berry (d. 1573)
Benedetto Giustiniani
b. 1554 โ d. 1621
Benedetto Giustiniani, Italian clergyman (d. 1621)
Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick
b. 1587 โ d. 1658
Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick, English colonial administrator and admiral (d. 1658)
Peter Wtewael
b. 1596 โ d. 1660
Peter Wtewael, Dutch Golden Age painter (d. 1660)
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Pu Songling
b. 1640 โ d. 1715
Pu Songling, Chinese author (d. 1715)
Elena Cornaro Piscopia
b. 1646 โ d. 1684
Elena Cornaro Piscopia, Italian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1646)
Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough
b. 1660 โ d. 1744
Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (d. 1744)
Pierre Jean George Cabanis
b. 1757 โ d. 1808
Pierre Jean George Cabanis, French physiologist and philosopher (d. 1808)
Johan Gadolin
b. 1760 โ d. 1852
Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist, physicist, and mineralogist (b. 1760)
Deaths on 5 June 78
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Sima Lun
d. 301 (b. 249)
Sima Lun, Chinese emperor (b. 249)
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Epiphanius of Constantinople
d. 535
Epiphanius of Constantinople
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Pope Theodosius I of Alexandria
d. 567
Pope Theodosius I of Alexandria
Jacob of Edessa
d. 708 (b. 640)
Jacob of Edessa, Syrian bishop and author (b. 640)
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Eoban
d. 754
Eoban, bishop of Utrecht
Saint Boniface
d. 754 (b. 675)
Saint Boniface, English missionary, bishop, and martyr (b. 675)
Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar
d. 879 (b. 840)
Ya'qub ibn al-Layth, Persian emir (b. 840)
Louis the Blind
d. 928
Louis the Blind, Roman emperor (b. 880)
Emperor Sanjล
d. 1017 (b. 976)
Emperor Sanjล of Japan (b. 976)
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Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester
d. 1118 (b. 1049)
Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester, English soldier and politician (b. 1049)
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Edmund Crouchback
d. 1296 (b. 1245)
Edmund Crouchback, English politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (b. 1245)
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Amalric, Prince of Tyre
d. 1310
Amalric, Prince of Tyre (b. c. 1272)