Events on 5 May 53
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Rebel barons renounce their allegiance to King John of England — part of a chain of events leading to the signing of the Magna Carta.
Year 1809
Mary Kies becomes the first woman awarded a U.S. patent, for a technique of weaving straw with silk and thread.
Year 1811
In the second day of fighting at the Peninsular War Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro the French army, under Marshall André Masséna, drive in the Duke of Wellington's overextended right flank, but French frontal assaults fail to take the town of Fuentes de Oñoro and the Anglo-Portuguese army holds the field at the end of the day.
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Birthdays on 5 May 187
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Afonso III of Portugal
b. 1210 – d. 1279
Afonso III of Portugal (d. 1279)
Juan Manuel, Prince of Villena
b. 1282 – d. 1322
Juan Manuel, Prince of Villena (d. 1322)
Preczlaw of Pogarell
b. 1310 – d. 1376
Preczlaw of Pogarell, Cardinal and Bishop of Wrocław (d. 1376)
Rupert of Germany
b. 1352 – d. 1410
Rupert of Germany, Count Palatine of the Rhine (b. 1352)
Guru Amar Das
b. 1479 – d. 1574
Guru Amar Das, Indian 3rd Sikh Guru (d. 1574)
Stanislaus Hosius
b. 1504 – d. 1579
Stanislaus Hosius, Polish cardinal (b. 1504)
Gabriel, comte de Montgomery
b. 1530 – d. 1574
Gabriel, comte de Montgomery, captain of the Scottish Guard of Henry II of France (b. 1530)
Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter
b. 1542 – d. 1623
Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire (d. 1623)
John Frederick, Duke of Württemberg
b. 1582 – d. 1628
John Frederick, Duke of Württemberg (1608-1628) (d. 1628)
Françoise Charlotte d'Aubigné
b. 1684 – d. 1739
Françoise Charlotte d'Aubigné, French wife of Adrien Maurice de Noailles (d. 1739)
Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor
b. 1747 – d. 1792
Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1792)
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Jean-Frédéric Edelmann
b. 1749 – d. 1794
Jean-Frédéric Edelmann, French pianist and composer (d. 1794)
Deaths on 5 May 82
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Gerontius (bishop of Milan)
d. 465
Gerontius, Archbishop of Milan
Casimir II the Just
d. 1194 (b. 1138)
Casimir II the Just, Polish son of Bolesław III Wrymouth (b. 1138)
Hubert de Burgh, 1st Earl of Kent
d. 1243
Hubert de Burgh, 1st Earl of Kent, English justiciar (b. c. 1160)
Constantine Palaiologos (son of Michael VIII)
d. 1306 (b. 1261)
Constantine Palaiologos, Byzantine general (b. 1261)
Charles II of Naples
d. 1309 (b. 1254)
Charles II of Naples (b. 1254)
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Prince Tsunenaga
d. 1338 (b. 1324)
Prince Tsunenaga, son of the Japanese Emperor (b. 1324)
Francesco Bussone da Carmagnola
d. 1432
Francesco Bussone da Carmagnola, Italian adventurer
Frederick III, Elector of Saxony
d. 1525 (b. 1463)
Frederick III, Elector of Saxony (b. 1463)
Charlotte of Bourbon
d. 1582 (b. 1547)
Charlotte of Bourbon, Princess consort of Orange, married to William I of Orange (b. 1547)
Henry Sidney
d. 1586 (b. 1529)
Henry Sidney, Irish politician, Lord Deputy of Ireland (b. 1529)
Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester
d. 1671 (b. 1602)
Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester, English general and politician, Lord Chamberlain of the United Kingdom (b. 1602)
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Samuel Cooper
d. 1672 (b. 1609)
Samuel Cooper, English painter and linguist (b. 1609)