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On April 5, 823: Lothair I is crowned King of Italy by Pope Paschal I.

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Lothair I is crowned King of Italy by Pope Paschal I.

Lothair I was a 9th-century Emperor of the Carolingian Empire and King of Italy (818–855) and Middle Francia (843–855).

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Born on April 5

Tetairoa McMillan 2003– American football player (born 2003)
Johnny Beecher 2001– American ice hockey player (born 2001)
Felipe Peña 2001– Argentine footballer
Bobby Miller 1999– American baseball player (born 1999)
Nathan Broadhead 1998– Welsh footballer (born 1998)
Borja Mayoral 1997– Spanish footballer (born 1997)
Dominik Mysterio 1997– American professional wrestler (born 1997)
Nicolas Beer 1996– Danish racing driver
Raouf Benguit 1996– Algerian footballer (born 1996)
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Daniel Caesar 1995– Canadian singer-songwriter (born 1995)
Viliame Kikau 1995– Fiji international rugby league footballer
Sei Muroya 1995– Japanese footballer
Gleb Rassadkin 1995– Belarusian footballer
Sebastian Starke Hedlund 1995– Swedish footballer
Mateusz Bieniek 1994– Polish volleyball player (born 1994)
Edem Rjaïbi 1994– Tunisian footballer
Richard Sánchez 1994– Professional footballer
Andreas Bouchalakis 1993– Greek footballer (born 1993)

People

Died on April 5

C. J. Snare American rock singer (1959–2024)
Nehemiah Persoff American actor and painter (1919–2022)
Jimmy Wang Yu Taiwanese actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (1943–2022)
Paul Ritter English actor (1966–2021)
Sydney Brenner South African biologist and Nobel prize winner (1927–2019)
Wowaka Japanese musician (1987–2019)
Isao Takahata Japanese filmmaker and producer (1935–2018)
Attilio Benfatto Italian cyclist (1943–2017)
Arthur Bisguier American chess grandmaster (1929–2017)
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Paul G. Comba Italian-American computer scientist (1926–2017)
Makoto Ōoka Japanese poet and literary critic (1931–2017)
Paul O'Neill American composer, musician, and record producer (1956–2017)
Tim Parnell British racing driver (1932–2017)
Memè Perlini Italian actor
Atanase Sciotnic Romanian canoeist
Ilkka Sinisalo Finnish ice hockey player (1958–2017)
Koço Kasapoğlu Greek-Turkish footballer and manager
Fredric Brandt American physician (1949–2015)

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Every April 5 on record

  1. 823 Lothair I is crowned King of Italy by Pope Paschal I.

    Carolingian Emperor from 817 to 855

    Lothair I was a 9th-century Emperor of the Carolingian Empire and King of Italy (818–855) and Middle Francia (843–855).

  2. 919 The second Fatimid invasion of Egypt begins, when the Fatimid heir-apparent, al-Qa'im bi-Amr Allah, sets out from Raqqada at the head of his army.

    Attempted invasion of Abbasid Egypt by the Fatimid Caliphate

    The second Fatimid invasion of Egypt occurred in 919–921, following the failure of the first attempt in 914–915. The expedition was again commanded by the Fatimid Caliphate's heir-apparent, al-Qa'im bi-Amr Allah. As during the previous attempt, the Fatimids captured Alexandria with ease.

  3. 1242 During the Battle on the Ice of Lake Peipus, Russian forces, led by Alexander Nevsky, rebuff an invasion attempt by the Teutonic Knights.

    1242 battle of the Northern Crusades on the frozen Lake Peipus

    The Battle on the Ice, also known as the Battle of Lake Peipus, took place on 5 April 1242. It was fought on the frozen Lake Peipus when the united forces of the Republic of Novgorod and Vladimir-Suzdal, led by Prince Alexander Nevsky, emerged victorious against the forces of the Livonian Order and Bishopric of Dorpat, led by Bishop Hermann of Dorpat.

  4. 1536 Charles V makes a Royal Entry into Rome, demolishing a swath of the city to re-enact a Roman triumph.

    Holy Roman Emperor from 1519 to 1556

    Charles V was Holy Roman Emperor and Archduke of Austria from 1519 to 1556, King of Spain from 1516 to 1556, King of Sicily and Naples from 1516 to 1554, and also Lord of the Netherlands and titular Duke of Burgundy from 1506 to 1555. He was heir to and then head of the rising House of Habsburg. His dominions in Europe included the Holy Roman Empire, extending from Germany to northern Italy with rule over the Austrian hereditary lands and Burgundian Low Countries, and Spain with its possessions of the southern Italian kingdoms of Sicily, Naples, and Sardinia.

  5. 1566 Two hundred Dutch noblemen, led by Hendrick van Brederode, force themselves into the presence of Margaret of Parma and present the Petition of Compromise, denouncing the Spanish Inquisition in the Seventeen Provinces.

    Entire period of Habsburg rule in the Low Countries (1482-1797)

    Habsburg Netherlands were the parts of the Low Countries that were ruled by sovereigns from the House of Habsburg. Their rule began in 1482 and ended for the Northern Netherlands in 1581 and for the Southern Netherlands in 1797. Habsburg rule began with the accession of Philip the Handsome in 1482, when he succeeded his mother Mary of Burgundy of the House of Valois-Burgundy, who was the ruler of the Low Countries.

  6. 1614 In Virginia, Native American Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe.
  7. 1614 The second English Parliament of king James I, the so-called Addled Parliament, opens.
  8. 1621 The Mayflower sets sail from Plymouth, Massachusetts on a return trip to England.
  9. 1792 United States President George Washington exercises his authority to veto a bill, the first time this power is used in the United States.
  10. 1795 Peace of Basel between France and Prussia is made.
  11. 1818 In the Battle of Maipú, Chile's independence movement, led by Bernardo O'Higgins and José de San Martín, win a decisive victory over Spain, leaving 2,000 Spaniards and 1,000 Chilean patriots dead.
  12. 1862 American Civil War: The Battle of Yorktown begins.
  13. 1879 Bolivia declares war on Chile, and Chile declares war on Peru, starting the War of the Pacific.
  14. 1902 A stand box collapses at Ibrox Park (now Ibrox Stadium) in Glasgow, Scotland, which led to the deaths of 25 and injuries to more than 500 supporters during an international association football match between Scotland and England.
  15. 1910 The Transandine Railway connecting Chile and Argentina is inaugurated.
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  1. 1922 The American Birth Control League, forerunner of Planned Parenthood, is incorporated.
  2. 1932 Dominion of Newfoundland: Ten thousand rioters seize the Colonial Building leading to the end of self-government.
  3. 1933 U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs two executive orders: 6101 to establish the Civilian Conservation Corps, and 6102 "forbidding the Hoarding of Gold Coin, Gold Bullion, and Gold Certificates" by U.S. citizens.
  4. 1933 Andorran Revolution: The Young Andorrans occupy the Casa de la Vall and force the government to hold democratic elections with universal male suffrage.
  5. 1936 Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak: An F5 tornado kills 233 in Tupelo, Mississippi.
  6. 1938 Spanish Civil War: Two days after the Nationalist army occupied the Catalan city of Lleida, dictator Francisco Franco decrees the abolition of the Generalitat (the autonomous government of Catalonia), the self-government granted by the Republic, and the official status of the Catalan language.
  7. 1942 World War II: Adolf Hitler issues Fuhrer Directive No. 41 summarizing Case Blue, including the German Sixth Army's planned assault on Stalingrad.
  8. 1942 World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy launches a carrier-based air attack on Colombo, Ceylon during the Indian Ocean raid. Port and civilian facilities are damaged and the Royal Navy cruisers HMS Cornwall and HMS Dorsetshire are sunk southwest of the island.
  9. 1943 World War II: United States Army Air Forces bomber aircraft accidentally cause more than 900 civilian deaths, including 209 children, and 1,300 wounded among the civilian population of the Belgian town of Mortsel. Their target was the Erla factory 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) from the residential area hit.
  10. 1945 Cold War: Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito signs an agreement with the Soviet Union to allow "temporary entry of Soviet troops into Yugoslav territory".
  11. 1946 Soviet troops end their year-long occupation of the Danish island of Bornholm.
  12. 1946 A Fleet Air Arm Vickers Wellington crashes into a residential area in Rabat, Malta during a training exercise, killing all four crew members and 16 civilians on the ground.
  13. 1949 A fire in a hospital in Effingham, Illinois, kills 77 people and leads to nationwide fire code improvements in the United States.
  14. 1951 Cold War: Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are sentenced to death for spying for the Soviet Union.
  15. 1956 Cuban Revolution: Fidel Castro declares himself at war with Cuban President Fulgencio Batista.

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