Events on 5 October 52
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The Visigoths under king Theodoric II, acting on orders of the Roman emperor Avitus, invade Iberia with an army of Burgundians, Franks and Goths, led by the kings Chilperic I and Gondioc. They defeat the Suebi under king Rechiar on the river Urbicus near Astorga (Gallaecia).
Year 816
King Louis the Pious is crowned emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by Pope Stephen IV at Reims.
Year 869
The Fourth Council of Constantinople is convened to decide about what to do about patriarch Photius of Constantinople.
Year 1582
Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
Year 1607
Assassins sent by Pope Paul V attempt to kill Venetian statesman and scientist Paolo Sarpi, who survives fifteen stiletto thrusts.
Public Holidays Around The World On This Day 6
Birthdays on 5 October 255
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Al-Dhahabi
b. 1274 – d. 1348
Al-Dhahabi, Syrian scholar and historian (d. 1348)
Alexios III of Trebizond
b. 1338 – d. 1390
Alexios III of Trebizond (d. 1390)
Louis II of Naples
b. 1377 – d. 1417
Louis II of Naples (d. 1417)
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Ludwig of Hanau-Lichtenberg
b. 1487 – d. 1553
Ludwig of Hanau-Lichtenberg, German nobleman (d. 1553)
Alessandro Farnese (cardinal)
b. 1520 – d. 1589
Alessandro Farnese, Italian cardinal and diplomat (d. 1589)
Rani Durgavati
b. 1524 – d. 1564
Rani Durgavati, Queen of Gond (d. 1564)
Paul Fleming (poet)
b. 1609 – d. 1640
Paul Fleming, German physician and poet (d. 1640)
Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan
b. 1641 – d. 1707
Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan, French mistress of Louis XIV of France (d. 1707)
Mary of Modena
b. 1658 – d. 1718
Mary of Modena (d. 1718)
Maria Maddalena Martinengo
b. 1687 – d. 1737
Maria Maddalena Martinengo, Italian nun (d. 1737)
John Glas
b. 1695 – d. 1773
John Glas, Scottish minister (d. 1773)
Jonathan Edwards (theologian)
b. 1703 – d. 1758
Jonathan Edwards, American pastor and theologian (d. 1758)
Deaths on 5 October 97
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Justin II
d. 578 (b. 520)
Justin II, Byzantine emperor (b. 520)
Phocas
d. 610
Phocas, Byzantine emperor
Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor
d. 1056 (b. 1017)
Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1017)
Robert II, Count of Flanders
d. 1111 (b. 1065)
Robert II, Count of Flanders (b. 1065)
Sigebert of Gembloux
d. 1112 (b. 1030)
Sigebert of Gembloux, French monk, historian, and author (b. 1030)
Alfonso VIII of Castile
d. 1214 (b. 1155)
Alfonso VIII of Castile (b. 1155)
Al-Nasir
d. 1225
Al-Nasir, Abbasid caliph in Baghdad
Philip III of France
d. 1285 (b. 1245)
Philip III of France (b. 1245)
Blanche of Navarre, Queen of France
d. 1398 (b. 1333)
Blanche of Navarre, Queen of France (b. 1333)
Raymond of Capua
d. 1399 (b. 1330)
Raymond of Capua, Italian Dominican friar and venerated Christian (b. 1330)
Joachim Patinir
d. 1524
Joachim Patinir, Flemish landscape painter (b. c. 1480)
Richard Foxe
d. 1528 (b. 1448)
Richard Foxe, English bishop and academic (b. 1448)