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What happened on August 5

On August 5, 25: Guangwu claims the throne as Emperor of China, restoring the Han dynasty after the collapse of the short-lived Xin dynasty.

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Featured moment · 25

Guangwu claims the throne as Emperor of China, restoring the Han dynasty after the collapse of the short-lived Xin dynasty.

AD 25 (XXV) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Lentulus and Agrippa. The denomination AD 25 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

People

Born on August 5

Hudson Meek 2008– American actor (2008–2024)
Gavi 2004– Spanish footballer (born 2004)
Toni Shaw 2003– British Paralympic swimmer
Anthony Edwards 2001– American basketball player (born 2001)
Tom Gilbert 2000– Australian rugby league footballer
Kim Si-hyeon 1999– South Korean singer and actress (born 1999)
Adam Doueihi 1998– Lebanon international rugby league footballer
Jack Cogger 1997– Australian rugby player (born 1997)
Olivia Holt 1997– American actress and singer-songwriter (born 1997)
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Wang Yibo 1997– Chinese actor and singer (born 1997)
Yungblud 1997– English musician (born 1997)
Takakeishō Mitsunobu 1996– Japanese sumo wrestler
Cho Seung-youn 1996– South Korean musician (born 1996)
Pierre-Emile Højbjerg 1995– Danish footballer (born 1995)
Natalia García 1994– Retired Spanish rhythmic gymnast
Esteban Gutiérrez 1991– Mexican racing driver (born 1991)
Wi Ha-joon 1991– South Korean actor (born 1991)
Konrad Hurrell 1991– Tonga international rugby league footballer

People

Died on August 5

Col Joye Australian pop singer-songwriter, musician (1936–2025)
Judith Durham Australian singer, songwriter and musician (1943–2022)
Cherie Gil Filipino actress (1963–2022)
Ali Haydar Syrian military officer (1932–2022)
Issey Miyake Japanese fashion designer (1938–2022)
Dillon Quirke Irish hurler (1998–2022)
Hawa Abdi Somali activist, physician (1947–2020)
Toni Morrison American novelist and editor (1931–2019)
Alan Rabinowitz American zoologist
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Arthur Walter James British politician (1912–2015)
Tony Millington Welsh footballer
Harold J. Greene United States Army general (1959–2014)
Vladimir Orlov Russian novelist (1936–2014)
Chapman Pincher English journalist (1914–2014)
Jesse Leonard Steinfeld United States Surgeon general
Ruth Asawa American sculptor (1926–2013)
Shawn Burr Canadian ice hockey player (1966-2013)
Willie Dunn Canadian politician, writer, filmmaker, and musician

Timeline

Every August 5 on record

  1. 25 Guangwu claims the throne as Emperor of China, restoring the Han dynasty after the collapse of the short-lived Xin dynasty.

    Calendar year

    AD 25 (XXV) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Lentulus and Agrippa. The denomination AD 25 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

  2. 70 Fires resulting from the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem are extinguished.

    Calendar year

    AD 70 (LXX) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Vespasian and Titus. The denomination AD 70 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

  3. 642 Battle of Maserfield: Penda of Mercia defeats and kills Oswald of Northumbria.

    Anglo-Saxon battle (c. 642 CE)

    The Battle of Maserfield, was fought on 5 August 641 or 642 between the Anglo-Saxon kings Oswald of Northumbria and Penda of Mercia allied with Welsh Kingdom of Gwynedd, ending in Oswald's defeat, death, and dismemberment.

  4. 910 The last major Danish army to raid England for nearly a century is defeated at the Battle of Tettenhall by the allied forces of Mercia and Wessex, led by King Edward the Elder and Æthelred, Lord of the Mercians.

    Sovereign state in Europe before 1707

    The Kingdom of England was a sovereign state on the island of Great Britain from 927, when all of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms were united under the rule of Æthelstan, until 1 May 1707, when it relinquished its sovereignty along with Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain, which would later become the United Kingdom. The Kingdom of England was among the most powerful states in Europe during the medieval and early modern periods.

  5. 939 The Battle of Alhandic is fought between Ramiro II of León and Abd-ar-Rahman III at Zamora in the context of the Spanish Reconquista. The battle resulted in a victory for the Emirate of Córdoba.

    Battle of the Reconquista (939 AD)

    The Battle of Alhandic, also known as Battle of Zamora's moat, occurred on 5 August 939 in the city of Zamora, Spain. The battle occurred when the troops of the Caliph of Córdoba, Abd al-Rahman III assaulted the walls of Zamora. The defending troops were those loyal to Ramiro II, King of León.

  6. 1068 Byzantine–Norman wars: Italo-Normans begin a nearly-three-year siege of Bari.
  7. 1100 Henry I is crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey.
  8. 1192 Richard I of England defeats Saladin in the battle of Jaffa, which enables him to conclude a favourable treaty for the crusaders.
  9. 1278 Spanish Reconquista: the forces of the Kingdom of Castile initiate the ultimately futile Siege of Algeciras against the Emirate of Granada.
  10. 1305 First Scottish War of Independence: Sir John Stewart of Menteith, the pro-English Sheriff of Dumbarton, successfully manages to capture Sir William Wallace of Scotland, leading to Wallace's subsequent execution by hanging, evisceration, drawing and quartering, and beheading 18 days later.
  11. 1388 The Battle of Otterburn, a border skirmish between the Scottish and the English in Northern England, is fought near Otterburn.
  12. 1460 The Kingdom of Scotland captures Roxburgh, one of the last English strongholds in Scotland, following a siege.
  13. 1506 The Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeats the Crimean Khanate in the Battle of Kletsk.
  14. 1583 Sir Humphrey Gilbert establishes the first English colony in North America, at what is now St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.
  15. 1600 The Gowrie Conspiracy against King James VI of Scotland (later to become King James I of England) takes place at Gowrie House (Perth, Scotland).
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  1. 1620 The Mayflower departs from Southampton, England, carrying would-be settlers, on its first attempt to reach North America; it is forced to dock in Dartmouth when its companion ship, the Speedwell, springs a leak.
  2. 1689 Beaver Wars: Fifteen hundred Iroquois attack Lachine in New France.
  3. 1716 Austro-Turkish War (1716–1718): One-fifth of a Turkish army and the Grand Vizier are killed in the Battle of Petrovaradin.
  4. 1735 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 had published was true.
  5. 1763 Pontiac's War: Battle of Bushy Run: British forces led by Henry Bouquet defeat Chief Pontiac's Indians at Bushy Run.
  6. 1772 First Partition of Poland: The representatives of Austria, Prussia, and Russia sign three bilateral conventions condemning the "anarchy" of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and imputing to the three powers "ancient and legitimate rights" to the territories of the Commonwealth. The conventions allow each of the three great powers to annex a part of the Commonwealth, which they proceed to do over the course of the following two months.
  7. 1781 The Battle of Dogger Bank takes place.
  8. 1796 The Battle of Castiglione in Napoleon's first Italian campaigns of the French Revolutionary Wars results in a French victory.
  9. 1816 The British Admiralty dismisses Francis Ronalds's new invention of the first working electric telegraph as "wholly unnecessary", preferring to continue using the semaphore.
  10. 1824 Greek War of Independence: Konstantinos Kanaris leads a Greek fleet to victory against Ottoman and Egyptian naval forces in the Battle of Samos.
  11. 1858 Cyrus West Field and others complete the first transatlantic telegraph cable after several unsuccessful attempts. It will operate for less than a month.
  12. 1860 Charles XV of Sweden–Norway is crowned king of Norway in Trondheim.
  13. 1861 American Civil War: In order to help pay for the war effort, the United States government levies the first income tax as part of the Revenue Act of 1861 (3% of all incomes over US$800; rescinded in 1872).
  14. 1861 The United States Army abolishes flogging.
  15. 1862 American Civil War: Battle of Baton Rouge: Along the Mississippi River near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Confederate troops attempt to take the city, but are driven back by fire from Union gunboats.

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