Today in History
On This Day In History
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jun 5, 70 |
Titus & his Roman legions breach the middle wall of Jerusalem |
Jun 5, 754 |
Friezen murders bishop Boniface & over 50 companions |
Jun 5, 1257 |
Kraków, Poland, receives city rights. |
Jun 5, 1288 |
Battle of Woeringen: Reinald I vs Jan I |
Jun 5, 1305 |
Archbishop Bertrand the Got of Bordeaux elected Pope Clement V |
Jun 5, 1507 |
England & Netherlands sign trade agreement |
Jun 5, 1625 |
Spanish troops under Spinola conquer Breda |
Jun 5, 1632 |
Prince Frederik Henry conquerors Roermond |
Jun 5, 1661 |
Isaac Newton admitted as a student to Trinity College, Cambridge |
Jun 5, 1716 |
England & Emperor Karel VI signs military treaty |
Jun 5, 1752 |
Prince William of Orange becomes Knight of Garter |
Jun 5, 1783 |
Joseph & Jacques Montgolfier make 1st public balloon flight |
Jun 5, 1794 |
US Congress prohibits citizens from serving in foreign armed forces |
Jun 5, 1798 |
The Battle of New Ross: The attempt to spread United Irish Rebellion into Munster is defeated. |
Jun 5, 1799 |
Naturalists Alexander von Humboldt and Aimé Bonpland set sail in the Pizarro from A Coruña and begin their 5 year Latin American expedition |
Jun 5, 1805 |
1st recorded tornado in "Tornado Alley" (Southern Illinois) |
Jun 5, 1806 |
1st trotter to break 3 minute mile (Yankee) |
Jun 5, 1806 |
Batavian Republic becomes Kingdom of Holland |
Jun 5, 1808 |
-6] Battle at Wagram: French army beats Austrians |
Jun 5, 1827 |
Turks capture the Acropolis & take Athens during Greek War of Independence |
Jun 5, 1829 |
HMS Pickle captures the armed slave ship Voladora off the coast of Cuba. |
Jun 5, 1833 |
Ada Lovelace (future 1st computer programmer) meets Charles Babbage |
Jun 5, 1846 |
Telegraph line opens between Phila & Balt |
Jun 5, 1848 |
Statue of prince William the Silent, Prince of Orange, unveiled |
Jun 5, 1849 |
Danish National Day-Denmark becomes a constitutional monarchy |
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