August 5th All Events |
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| August 5th, 2007 (August 05 2007) | Death | Florian Pittis, Romanian artist (born in 1943) | |
| August 5th, 2007 (August 05 2007) | Death | Jean-Marie Lustiger, Cardinal of France | |
| August 5th, 2006 (August 05 2006) | Death | Susan Butcher, American Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race champion (born in 1954) | |
| August 5th, 2005 (August 05 2005) | Death | Polina Astakhova, Russian gymnast (born in 1936) | |
| August 5th, 2005 (August 05 2005) | Death | Jim O Hora, American football coach (born in 1915) | |
| August 5th, 2005 (August 05 2005) | Death | Raul Roco, Philippine senator (born in 1941) | |
| August 5th, 2003 (August 05 2003) | Event | A car bomb explodes in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta outside the Marriott Hotel killing 12 and injuring 150. | |
| August 5th, 2002 (August 05 2002) | Death | Josh Ryan Evans, American actor (born in 1982) | Evans Quotes |
| August 5th, 2002 (August 05 2002) | Death | Chick Hearn, American basketball announcer (born in 1916) | |
| August 5th, 2002 (August 05 2002) | Death | Franco Lucentini, Italian writer (born in 1920) | |
| August 5th, 2001 (August 05 2001) | Death | Otema Allimadi, Prime Minister of Uganda (born in 1929) | |
| August 5th, 2000 (August 05 2000) | Birth | Maya Bond, Japanese-born American singer and musician | |
| August 5th, 2000 (August 05 2000) | Death | Sir Alec Guinness, British actor (born in 1914) | |
| August 5th, 2000 (August 05 2000) | Death | Otto Buchsbaum, writer and ecological activist (born in 1920) | |
| August 5th, 1998 (August 05 1998) | Death | Otto Kretschmer, German U-boat commander (born in 1912) | |
| August 5th, 1998 (August 05 1998) | Death | Todor Zhivkov, Bulgarian Communist dictator from 1956 to 1989 (born in 1911) | |
| August 5th, 1995 (August 05 1995) | Event | The city of Knin, a significant Serb stronghold, is captured by Croatian forces during Operation Storm. The date is celebrated as the day of victory (Victory and Homeland Thanksgiving Day) in Croatia. | |
| August 5th, 1995 (August 05 1995) | Birth | Devo Keenan American cellist and son of Maynard James Keenan singer of Tool, A Perfect Circle and Puscifer | Devo Quotes |
| August 5th, 1994 (August 05 1994) | Death | Alain de Changy, Belgian racing driver (born in 1922) | |
| August 5th, 1993 (August 05 1993) | Birth | Corey J. Smith, English television actor | |
| August 5th, 1993 (August 05 1993) | Birth | Suzuka Ogo, Japanese actress | |
| August 5th, 1992 (August 05 1992) | Death | Jeff Porcaro, American drummer (born in 1954) | |
| August 5th, 1991 (August 05 1991) | Death | Paul Brown, American football coach (born in 1908) | |
| August 5th, 1991 (August 05 1991) | Death | Soichiro Honda, founder of the Honda Motor Company (born in 1906) | Soichiro Honda Quotes |
| August 5th, 1989 (August 05 1989) | Event | General elections are held in Nicaragua, Sandinista Front wins the majority. | |
| August 5th, 1987 (August 05 1987) | Birth | Genelia D Souza, Indian actress | |
| August 5th, 1987 (August 05 1987) | Birth | Xenia Tchoumitcheva, Russian-born Swiss model | |
| August 5th, 1986 (August 05 1986) | Birth | Paula Creamer, American golfer | |
| August 5th, 1985 (August 05 1985) | Birth | Salomon Kalou, Ivorian footballer | |
| August 5th, 1985 (August 05 1985) | Birth | Laurent Ciman, Belgian footballer | |
| August 5th, 1984 (August 05 1984) | Death | Richard Burton, Welsh actor (born in 1925) | |
| August 5th, 1983 (August 05 1983) | Birth | Dawn Richard, American singer (Danity Kane) | |
| August 5th, 1982 (August 05 1982) | Birth | LoLo Jones, American track and field athlete | |
| August 5th, 1982 (August 05 1982) | Birth | Ryu Seung Min, Korean table tennis player | |
| August 5th, 1982 (August 05 1982) | Birth | Tobias Regner, German singer | |
| August 5th, 1981 (August 05 1981) | Event | Ronald Reagan fires 11,359 striking air-traffic controllers who ignored his order for them to return to work. | Ronald Reagan Quotes |
| August 5th, 1981 (August 05 1981) | Birth | Carl Crawford, American baseball player | |
| August 5th, 1981 (August 05 1981) | Birth | Rachel Scott, American murder victim (died in 1999) | |
| August 5th, 1981 (August 05 1981) | Birth | Ko Shibasaki, Japanese singer | Saki Quotes |
| August 5th, 1981 (August 05 1981) | Birth | Erik Guay, Canadian alpine skier | |
| August 5th, 1981 (August 05 1981) | Birth | Cory Williams, American internet celebrity | |
| August 5th, 1980 (August 05 1980) | Birth | Kaylani Lei, Asian-American porn star | |
| August 5th, 1980 (August 05 1980) | Birth | Wayne Bridge, English footballer | |
| August 5th, 1980 (August 05 1980) | Birth | Jason Culina, Australian soccer player | |
| August 5th, 1980 (August 05 1980) | Birth | Ali Umar, Maldivian footballer | |
| August 5th, 1980 (August 05 1980) | Death | Harold Runnels, United States Congressman (born in 1924) | |
| August 5th, 1979 (August 05 1979) | Event | In Afghanistan, Maoists undertake an attempted military uprising. | |
| August 5th, 1979 (August 05 1979) | Birth | David Healy, Northern Irish footballer | |
| August 5th, 1978 (August 05 1978) | Birth | Kim Gevaert, Belgian sprinter | |
| August 5th, 1978 (August 05 1978) | Birth | Nektaria Karantzi, Greek singer | |
| August 5th, 1978 (August 05 1978) | Death | Jesse Haines, baseball player (born in 1893) | |
| August 5th, 1977 (August 05 1977) | Birth | Eric Hinske, American baseball player | |
| August 5th, 1977 (August 05 1977) | Birth | Michael Walsh, English footballer | |
| August 5th, 1977 (August 05 1977) | Birth | Mark Mulder, American baseball player | |
| August 5th, 1976 (August 05 1976) | Birth | Jeff Friesen, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| August 5th, 1976 (August 05 1976) | Birth | Kwon Sang-woo, South Korean actor | |
| August 5th, 1976 (August 05 1976) | Birth | Marian Pahars, Latvian footballer | |
| August 5th, 1975 (August 05 1975) | Birth | Antony Cotton, English actor | |
| August 5th, 1975 (August 05 1975) | Birth | Ami Foster, American actress | |
| August 5th, 1975 (August 05 1975) | Birth | Kajol Mukherjee, Indian actress | |
| August 5th, 1975 (August 05 1975) | Birth | Eicca Toppinen, Finnish Cellist from the band Apocalyptica | |
| August 5th, 1974 (August 05 1974) | Event | Vietnam War: The U.S. Congress places a $1 billion dollar limit on military aid to South Vietnam. | |
| August 5th, 1974 (August 05 1974) | Birth | Alvin Ceccoli, Australian soccer player | |
| August 5th, 1974 (August 05 1974) | Birth | Antoine Sibierski, French footballer | |
| August 5th, 1973 (August 05 1973) | Birth | Sean Sherk, American Mixed martial artist | Martial Quotes |
| August 5th, 1972 (August 05 1972) | Birth | Christian Olde Wolbers, Belgian bassist (Fear Factory) | |
| August 5th, 1972 (August 05 1972) | Death | Harry Hylton-Foster, Speaker of the British House of Commons (born in 1905) | |
| August 5th, 1971 (August 05 1971) | Birth | Evil Jared Hasselhoff, American bassist (The Bloodhound Gang) | |
| August 5th, 1970 (August 05 1970) | Birth | James Gunn, American filmmaker | |
| August 5th, 1969 (August 05 1969) | Event | Mariner program: Mariner 7 makes its closest fly-by of Mars (3,524 kilometers). | |
| August 5th, 1968 (August 05 1968) | Birth | Terri Clark, Canadian country singer | |
| August 5th, 1968 (August 05 1968) | Birth | Funkmaster Flex, American hip hop DJ | |
| August 5th, 1968 (August 05 1968) | Birth | Tokimitsu Ishizawa, Japanese professional wrestler | |
| August 5th, 1968 (August 05 1968) | Birth | Oleg Luzhny, Ukrainian footballer | |
| August 5th, 1968 (August 05 1968) | Birth | Colin McRae, Scottish rally driver (died in 2007) | |
| August 5th, 1968 (August 05 1968) | Birth | John Olerud, American baseball player | |
| August 5th, 1966 (August 05 1966) | Birth | Jonathan Silverman, American actor | |
| August 5th, 1965 (August 05 1965) | Birth | Motoi Sakuraba, Japanese composer | |
| August 5th, 1964 (August 05 1964) | Event | Vietnam War: Operation Pierce ArrowAmerican aircraft from carriers USS Ticonderoga and USS Constellation bomb North Vietnam in retaliation for strikes attacked U.S. destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin. | |
| August 5th, 1964 (August 05 1964) | Birth | Adam Yauch (MCA), American musician (Beastie Boys) | |
| August 5th, 1964 (August 05 1964) | Death | Art Ross, professional ice hockey player and executive (born in 1886) (Art Ross Trophy) | |
| August 5th, 1963 (August 05 1963) | Event | United States, United Kingdom, and Soviet Union sign a nuclear test ban treaty. | |
| August 5th, 1963 (August 05 1963) | Death | Salvador Bacarisse, Spanish composer (born in 1898) | |
| August 5th, 1962 (August 05 1962) | Event | Nelson Mandela is jailedied in He would not be released until 1990. | Nelson Mandela Quotes |
| August 5th, 1962 (August 05 1962) | Birth | Patrick Ewing, American basketball player | |
| August 5th, 1962 (August 05 1962) | Death | Marilyn Monroe, American actress (born in 1926) | Marilyn Monroe Quotes |
| August 5th, 1961 (August 05 1961) | Birth | Tawny Kitaen, American actress | |
| August 5th, 1961 (August 05 1961) | Birth | Mark O Connor, American violinist | |
| August 5th, 1961 (August 05 1961) | Birth | Clayton Rohner, American actor | |
| August 5th, 1960 (August 05 1960) | Event | Burkina Faso, then known as "Upper Volta", becomes independent from France. | |
| August 5th, 1960 (August 05 1960) | Birth | Seth Swirsky, American songwriter | |
| August 5th, 1960 (August 05 1960) | Death | Arthur Meighen, 9th Prime Minister of Canada (born in 1874) | |
| August 5th, 1959 (August 05 1959) | Birth | Pete Burns, English singer (Dead or Alive) | |
| August 5th, 1959 (August 05 1959) | Death | Edgar Guest, English poet (born in 1881) | |
| August 5th, 1957 (August 05 1957) | Event | American Bandstand, a show dedicated to the teenage "baby-boomers" by playing the songs and showing popular dances of the time, debuts on the ABC television network. | |
| August 5th, 1957 (August 05 1957) | Birth | Faith Prince, American actress | |
| August 5th, 1957 (August 05 1957) | Death | Heinrich Otto Wieland, German chemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (born in 1877) | |
| August 5th, 1956 (August 05 1956) | Birth | Jerry Ciccoritti, Canadian film director | |
| August 5th, 1956 (August 05 1956) | Birth | Fred Ottman, American wrestler | |
| August 5th, 1956 (August 05 1956) | Birth | Maureen McCormick, American actress | |
| August 5th, 1955 (August 05 1955) | Death | Carmen Miranda, Portuguese actress and singer (born in 1909) | |
| August 5th, 1953 (August 05 1953) | Birth | Rick Mahler, American baseball player (died in 2005) | |
| August 5th, 1953 (August 05 1953) | Birth | Samantha Sang, Australian singer | |
| August 5th, 1952 (August 05 1952) | Death | Sameera Moussa, Egyptian nuclear scientist (born in 1917) | |
| August 5th, 1951 (August 05 1951) | Birth | John Jarratt, Australian actor | |
| August 5th, 1949 (August 05 1949) | Event | In Ecuador an earthquake destroys 50 towns and kills more than 6000. | |
| August 5th, 1948 (August 05 1948) | Birth | Carole Laure, French Canadian actress | |
| August 5th, 1948 (August 05 1948) | Birth | Ray Clemence, English footballer | |
| August 5th, 1947 (August 05 1947) | Birth | Angry Anderson, Australian entertainer | |
| August 5th, 1947 (August 05 1947) | Birth | Bernie Carbo, American baseball player | |
| August 5th, 1947 (August 05 1947) | Birth | Rick Derringer, American musician | |
| August 5th, 1946 (August 05 1946) | Birth | Loni Anderson, American actress | |
| August 5th, 1946 (August 05 1946) | Birth | Bruce Coslet, American football player and coach | |
| August 5th, 1946 (August 05 1946) | Birth | Ron Silliman, American poet | |
| August 5th, 1946 (August 05 1946) | Birth | Erika Slezak, American actress | |
| August 5th, 1946 (August 05 1946) | Death | Wilhelm Marx, Chancellor of Germany (born in 1863) | |
| August 5th, 1944 (August 05 1944) | Event | World War II: Possibly the biggest prison breakout in history occurs as 545 Japanese POWs attempt to escape outside the town of Cowra, NSW, Australia. | |
| August 5th, 1944 (August 05 1944) | Event | Holocaust: Polish insurgents liberate a German labor camp in Warsaw, freeing 348 Jewish prisoners. | |
| August 5th, 1943 (August 05 1943) | Event | World War II: During the Battle of Troina, at around 11 A.M, Mount Etna erupted sending much ash and lava miles into the sky. | |
| August 5th, 1943 (August 05 1943) | Birth | Nelson Briles, American baseball player (died in 2005) | |
| August 5th, 1943 (August 05 1943) | Birth | Sammi Smith, American country singer and songwriter (died in 2005) | |
| August 5th, 1941 (August 05 1941) | Birth | Bob Clark, American film director (died in 2007) | |
| August 5th, 1940 (August 05 1940) | Event | World War II : Latvia is annexed by the Soviet Union. | |
| August 5th, 1939 (August 05 1939) | Birth | Princess Irene of the Netherlands | |
| August 5th, 1937 (August 05 1937) | Birth | Herb Brooks, American ice hockey coach (died in 2003) | |
| August 5th, 1935 (August 05 1935) | Birth | John Saxon, American actor | |
| August 5th, 1934 (August 05 1934) | Birth | Wendell Berry, American poet, writer and farmer | Wendell Berry Quotes |
| August 5th, 1930 (August 05 1930) | Birth | Neil Armstrong, American astronaut | Neil Armstrong Quotes |
| August 5th, 1930 (August 05 1930) | Birth | Michal Kovac, President of Slovakia | |
| August 5th, 1929 (August 05 1929) | Death | Millicent Fawcett, British suffragist and feminist (born in 1847) | |
| August 5th, 1925 (August 05 1925) | Event | Plaid Cymru is formed with the aim of disseminating knowledge of the Welsh language, which is in danger of dying out. | |
| August 5th, 1925 (August 05 1925) | Death | Jennie Lee (actor), American actress (born in 1848) | |
| August 5th, 1923 (August 05 1923) | Birth | Devan Nair, President of Singapore | |
| August 5th, 1923 (August 05 1923) | Death | Vatroslav Jagic, Croatian slavist (born in 1835) | |
| August 5th, 1918 (August 05 1918) | Birth | Tom Drake, American actor (died in 1982) | |
| August 5th, 1918 (August 05 1918) | Birth | Betty Oliphant, Canadian ballerina (died in 2004) | |
| August 5th, 1914 (August 05 1914) | Event | In Cleveland, Ohio, the first electric traffic light is installed. | |
| August 5th, 1914 (August 05 1914) | Birth | David Brian, American actor (died in 1993) | |
| August 5th, 1912 (August 05 1912) | Event | Japan s first taxicab service begins in Ginza, Tokyo. | |
| August 5th, 1912 (August 05 1912) | Birth | Abbe Pierre, French Catholic priest (died in 2007) | |
| August 5th, 1911 (August 05 1911) | Birth | Robert Taylor, American actor (died in 1969) | |
| August 5th, 1911 (August 05 1911) | Death | Bob Caruthers, baseball player (born in 1864) | |
| August 5th, 1910 (August 05 1910) | Birth | Bruno Coquatrix, French songwriter and music impresario (died in 1979) | |
| August 5th, 1908 (August 05 1908) | Birth | Harold Holt, 17th Prime Minister of Australia (died in 1967) | |
| August 5th, 1906 (August 05 1906) | Birth | John Huston, American director (died in 1987) | |
| August 5th, 1906 (August 05 1906) | Birth | Wassily Leontief, Russian economist, Nobel laureate (died in 1999) | |
| August 5th, 1906 (August 05 1906) | Birth | Joan Hickson, English actress (died in 1998) | |
| August 5th, 1901 (August 05 1901) | Event | Peter O Connor sets the first IAAF recognised long jump world record of 24ft 11?ins. The record will stand for 20 years. | |
| August 5th, 1901 (August 05 1901) | Birth | Claude Autant-Lara, French film director (died in 2000) | |
| August 5th, 1897 (August 05 1897) | Birth | Aksel Larsen, Danish politician (died in 1972) | |
| August 5th, 1895 (August 05 1895) | Death | Friedrich Engels, German philosopher (born in 1820) | Philo Quotes |
| August 5th, 1890 (August 05 1890) | Birth | Erich Kleiber, Austrian-born conductor (died in 1956) | |
| August 5th, 1890 (August 05 1890) | Birth | Naum Gabo, sculptor (died in 1977) | |
| August 5th, 1889 (August 05 1889) | Birth | Conrad Aiken, American writer (died in 1973) | Conrad Aiken Quotes |
| August 5th, 1888 (August 05 1888) | Event | Bertha Benz drives from Mannheim to Pforzheim in the first long distance automobile trip. | |
| August 5th, 1888 (August 05 1888) | Birth | Victor Francen, Belgian-born actor (died in 1977) | |
| August 5th, 1887 (August 05 1887) | Birth | Reginald Owen, English actor (died in 1972) | |
| August 5th, 1884 (August 05 1884) | Event | The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe s Island in New York Harbor. | |
| August 5th, 1882 (August 05 1882) | Event | Standard Oil of New Jersey is established. | |
| August 5th, 1882 (August 05 1882) | Event | Martial law is enacted in Japan. | Martial Quotes |
| August 5th, 1880 (August 05 1880) | Death | Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra, Austrian physician (born in 1816) | |
| August 5th, 1877 (August 05 1877) | Birth | Tom Thomson, Canadian painter (died in 1917) | |
| August 5th, 1874 (August 05 1874) | Event | Japan launches its postal savings system, modeled after a similar system in England. | |
| August 5th, 1872 (August 05 1872) | Birth | Oswaldo Cruz, Brazilian physician (died in 1917) | |
| August 5th, 1870 (August 05 1870) | Event | Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Spicheren is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory. | |
| August 5th, 1868 (August 05 1868) | Death | Jacques Boucher de Crevec?ur de Perthes, French archaeologist (born in 1788) | |
| August 5th, 1866 (August 05 1866) | Birth | Carl Harries, German chemist (died in 1923) | |
| August 5th, 1866 (August 05 1866) | Birth | Harry Trott, Australian cricketer (died in 1917) | |
| August 5th, 1864 (August 05 1864) | Event | American Civil War: Battle of Mobile Bay beginsAt Mobile Bay near Mobile, Alabama, Admiral David Farragut leads a Union flotilla through Confederate defenses and seals one of the last major Southern ports. | |
| August 5th, 1862 (August 05 1862) | Event | American Civil War: Battle of Baton RougeAlong the Mississippi River near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Confederate troops drive Union forces back into the city. | |
| August 5th, 1862 (August 05 1862) | Birth | Joseph Merrick, the "Elephant Man" (died in 1890) | Joseph Merrick Quotes |
| August 5th, 1861 (August 05 1861) | Event | American Civil War: In order to help pay for the war effort, the United States government issues the first income tax as part of the Revenue Act of 1861 (3% of all incomes over US $800; rescinded in 1872). | |
| August 5th, 1861 (August 05 1861) | Event | The United States Army abolished flogging. | |
| August 5th, 1860 (August 05 1860) | Event | Carl IV of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Norway, in Trondheim. | |
| August 5th, 1858 (August 05 1858) | Event | Cyrus West Field and others complete the first transatlantic telegraph cable after several unsuccessful attempts. It operated for less than a month. | |
| August 5th, 1850 (August 05 1850) | Birth | Guy de Maupassant, French author (died in 1893) | Guy de Maupassant Quotes |
| August 5th, 1833 (August 05 1833) | Birth | Carola of Vasa, Queen consort of Saxony (died in 1907) | |
| August 5th, 1828 (August 05 1828) | Birth | Louise of the Netherlands, queen of Sweden and Norway (died in 1871) | |
| August 5th, 1827 (August 05 1827) | Birth | Deodoro da Fonseca, first President of Brazil (d.1892) | |
| August 5th, 1815 (August 05 1815) | Birth | Edward John Eyre, English explorer (died in 1901) | |
| August 5th, 1813 (August 05 1813) | Birth | Ivar Aasen, Norwegian poet and language reformer (died in 1896) | |
| August 5th, 1812 (August 05 1812) | Event | War of 1812: Tecumseh s Indian force ambushes Thomas Van Horne s 200 Americans at Brownstone Creek, causing them to flee and retreat. | Tecumseh Quotes |
| August 5th, 1811 (August 05 1811) | Birth | Ambroise Thomas, French opera composer (died in 1896) | |
| August 5th, 1802 (August 05 1802) | Birth | Niels Henrik Abel, Norwegian mathematician (died in 1829) | |
| August 5th, 1799 (August 05 1799) | Death | Richard Howe, British admiral (born in 1726) | |
| August 5th, 1792 (August 05 1792) | Death | Frederick North, Lord North, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born in 1732) | |
| August 5th, 1778 (August 05 1778) | Death | Charles Clemencet, French historian (born in 1703) | |
| August 5th, 1772 (August 05 1772) | Event | The First Partition of Poland begins. | |
| August 5th, 1763 (August 05 1763) | Event | Pontiac s War: Battle of Bushy RunBritish forces led by Henry Bouquet defeat Chief Pontiac s Indians at Bushy Run. | |
| August 5th, 1743 (August 05 1743) | Death | John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey, English statesman and writer (born in 1696) | |
| August 5th, 1735 (August 05 1735) | Event | Freedom of the press: New York Weekly Journal writer John Peter Zenger is acquitted of seditious libel against the royal governor of New York, on the basis that what he published was true. | |
| August 5th, 1716 (August 05 1716) | Event | Battle of Petrovaradin | |
| August 5th, 1694 (August 05 1694) | Birth | Leonardo Leo, Italian composer (died in 1744) | |
| August 5th, 1689 (August 05 1689) | Event | 1,500 Iroquois attack village of Lachine, in New France. | |
| August 5th, 1678 (August 05 1678) | Death | Juan Garcia de Zespedes, Mexican musician and composer (born in 1619) | |
| August 5th, 1662 (August 05 1662) | Birth | James Anderson, Scottish historian (died in 1728) | |
| August 5th, 1641 (August 05 1641) | Birth | John Hathorne, American magistrate (died in 1717) | |
| August 5th, 1633 (August 05 1633) | Death | Archbishop George Abbot, Archbishop of Canterbury (born in 1562) | |
| August 5th, 1623 (August 05 1623) | Birth | Antonio Cesti, Italian composer (died in 1669) | |
| August 5th, 1620 (August 05 1620) | Event | The Mayflower departs Southampton, England. | |
| August 5th, 1610 (August 05 1610) | Death | Alonso Garcia de Ramon, Spanish soldier and twice Royal Governor of Chile | |
| August 5th, 1583 (August 05 1583) | Event | Sir Humphrey Gilbert establishes first English colony in North America, at what is now St John s, Newfoundland. | |
| August 5th, 1579 (August 05 1579) | Death | Stanislaus Hosius, Polish Catholic cardinal (born in 1504) | |
| August 5th, 1572 (August 05 1572) | Death | Isaac Luria, Palestinian-born Kabbalist (born in 1534) | |
| August 5th, 1461 (August 05 1461) | Birth | Alexander Jagiellon, Grand Duke of Lithuania (died in 1506) | |
| August 5th, 1388 (August 05 1388) | Event | Battle of Otterburn, border skirmish between the Scottish and the English in Northern England. | |
| August 5th, 1364 (August 05 1364) | Death | Emperor Kogon of Japan (born in 1313) | |
| August 5th, 1305 (August 05 1305) | Event | William Wallace, who led Scottish resistance to England, is captured by the English near Glasgow and transported to London for trial and execution. | |
| August 5th, 1301 (August 05 1301) | Birth | Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician (died in 1330) | |
| August 5th, 1100 (August 05 1100) | Event | Henry I crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey. | Henry Abbey Quotes |
| August 5th, 1063 (August 05 1063) | Death | Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd | |
| August 5th, 0910 (August 05 0910) | Event | The last major Viking army to raid England is defeated at the Battle of Tettenhall by the allied forces of Mercia and Wessex, led by King Edward and Earl Aethelred. | |
| August 5th, 0882 (August 05 0882) | Death | King Louis III of France (born in 863) | |
| August 5th, 0642 (August 05 0642) | Event | Battle of MaserfeldPenda of Mercia defeats and kills Oswald of Bernicia. | |
