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On February 5, -2: Caesar Augustus is granted the title pater patriae by the Roman Senate.

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Caesar Augustus is granted the title pater patriae by the Roman Senate.

Caesar Augustus, also known as Octavian, was the founder of the Roman Empire and the first Roman emperor from 27 BC until his death in AD 14. The reign of Augustus initiated an imperial cult and an era of imperial peace in which the Roman world was largely free of armed conflict. The principate, a style of government where the emperor showed nominal deference to the Senate, was established during his reign and lasted until the Crisis of the Third Century.

People

Born on February 5

Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck 2016– Heir apparent to the Bhutanese throne (born 2016)
Jisung 2002– South Korean rapper and singer-songwriter (born 2002)
Taehyun 2002– South Korean singer (born 2002)
Kim Min-ju 2001– South Korean actress (born 2001)
Patrick Roberts 1997– English footballer (born 1997)
Stina Blackstenius 1996– Swedish footballer (born 1996)
Adnan Januzaj 1995– Belgian footballer (born 1995)
Leilani Latu 1993– Tonga international rugby league player (born 1993)
Ty Rattie 1993– Canadian ice hockey player (born 1993)
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Stefan de Vrij 1992– Dutch footballer (born 1992)
Neymar 1992– Brazilian footballer (born 1992)
Nabil Bahoui 1991– Swedish-born Moroccan professional footballer
Gerald Tusha 1991– Albanian footballer
Dmitry Andreikin 1990– Russian chess grandmaster (born 1990)
Bhuvneshwar Kumar 1990– Indian cricketer (born 1990)
Jordan Rhodes 1990– English-Scottish footballer (born 1990)
Jeremy Sumpter 1989– American actor (born 1989)
Alex Brightman 1987– American actor (born 1987)

People

Died on February 5

Irv Gotti American record producer (1970–2025)
Toby Keith American singer (1961–2024)
Pervez Musharraf President of Pakistan from 2001 to 2008
Örs Siklósi Hungarian post-hardcore band
Christopher Plummer Canadian actor (1929–2021)
Kirk Douglas American actor (1916–2020)
Ciriaco Cañete Filipino martial artist
K. N. Choksy Sri Lankan politician (1933–2015)
Marisa Del Frate Italian singer and actress (1931–2015)
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Val Logsdon Fitch American nuclear physicist
Herman Rosenblat Polish-born American author (1929–2015)
Robert Dahl American political scientist (1915–2014)
Reinaldo Gargano Uruguayan political figure (1934–2013)
Egil Hovland Norwegian composer (1924–2013)
Tom McGuigan New Zealand politician (1921–2013)
Sam Coppola American actor
Al De Lory American record producer, arranger, and musician (1930–2012)
John Turner Sargent Sr. American publisher (born 1924)

Timeline

Every February 5 on record

  1. -2 Caesar Augustus is granted the title pater patriae by the Roman Senate.

    Roman emperor from 27 BC to AD 14

    Caesar Augustus, also known as Octavian, was the founder of the Roman Empire and the first Roman emperor from 27 BC until his death in AD 14. The reign of Augustus initiated an imperial cult and an era of imperial peace in which the Roman world was largely free of armed conflict. The principate, a style of government where the emperor showed nominal deference to the Senate, was established during his reign and lasted until the Crisis of the Third Century.

  2. 62 An earthquake with an estimated intensity between IX or X on the Mercalli scale occurs in Pompeii, Italy.

    Calendar year

    AD 62 (LXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Marius and Afinius. The denomination AD 62 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. 756 An Lushan proclaims himself Emperor of China, founding the short-lived state of Yan.

    Rebel general in Tang China (703–757)

    An Lushan was a Chinese military general and rebel leader during the Tang dynasty and is primarily known for instigating the An Lushan rebellion which devastated China and killed millions of Han Chinese. The rebellion caused the decline of the Tang dynasty and led to the sacking of Chang'an by the Tibetan Empire.

  4. 1265 Pope Clement IV is elected as the 183rd Bishop of Rome and head of the Catholic Church.

    Head of the Catholic Church from 1265 to 1268

    Pope Clement IV, born Gui Foucois and also known as Guy le Gros, was Bishop of Le Puy (1257–1260), Archbishop of Narbonne (1259–1261), Cardinal of Sabina (1261–1265), and head of the Catholic Church from 5 February 1265 until his death. His election as pope occurred at a conclave held at Perugia that lasted four months while cardinals argued over whether to call in Charles I of Anjou, the youngest brother of Louis IX of France, to carry on the papal war against the Hohenstaufens. Pope Clement was a patron of Thomas Aquinas and of Roger Bacon, encouraging Bacon in the writing of his Opus Majus, which included important treatises on optics and the scientific method.

  5. 1576 Henry of Navarre abjures Catholicism at Tours and rejoins the Protestant forces in the French Wars of Religion.

    King of France from 1589 to 1610

    Henry IV, also known by the epithets Good King Henry or Henry the Great, was King of Navarre from 1572 and King of France from 1589 to 1610. He was the first monarch of France from the House of Bourbon, a cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty. He pragmatically balanced the interests of the Catholic and Protestant parties in France, as well as among the European states.

  6. 1597 A group of early Japanese Christians are killed by the new government of Japan for being seen as a threat to Japanese society.
  7. 1783 In Calabria, a sequence of strong earthquakes begins.
  8. 1810 Peninsular War: Siege of Cádiz begins.
  9. 1818 Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte ascends to the thrones of Sweden and Norway.
  10. 1852 The New Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia, one of the largest and oldest museums in the world, opens to the public.
  11. 1859 Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Prince of Moldavia, is also elected as prince of Wallachia, joining the two principalities as a personal union called the United Principalities, an autonomous region within the Ottoman Empire, which ushered in the birth of the modern Romanian state.
  12. 1869 The largest alluvial gold nugget in history, called the "Welcome Stranger", is found in Moliagul, Victoria, Australia.
  13. 1885 King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo as a personal possession.
  14. 1901 J. P. Morgan incorporates U.S. Steel in the state of New Jersey, although the company would not start doing business until February 25 and the assets of Andrew Carnegie's Carnegie Steel Company, Elbert H. Gary's Federal Steel Company, and William Henry Moore's National Steel Company were not acquired until April 1.
  15. 1905 In Mexico, the General Hospital of Mexico is inaugurated, initially with four basic specialties.
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  1. 1907 Belgian chemist Leo Baekeland announces the creation of Bakelite, the world's first synthetic plastic.
  2. 1913 Greek military aviators Michael Moutoussis and Aristeidis Moraitinis perform the first naval air mission in history, with a Farman MF.7 hydroplane.
  3. 1913 Claudio Monteverdi's last opera L'incoronazione di Poppea was performed theatrically for the first time in more than 250 years.
  4. 1917 The current constitution of Mexico is adopted, establishing a federal republic with powers separated into independent executive, legislative, and judicial branches.
  5. 1917 The Congress of the United States passes the Immigration Act of 1917 over President Woodrow Wilson's veto.
  6. 1918 Stephen W. Thompson shoots down a German airplane; this is the first aerial victory by the U.S. military.
  7. 1918 SS Tuscania is torpedoed off the coast of Ireland; it is the first ship carrying American troops to Europe to be torpedoed and sunk.
  8. 1919 Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and D. W. Griffith launch United Artists.
  9. 1924 The Royal Greenwich Observatory begins broadcasting the hourly time signals known as the Greenwich Time Signal.
  10. 1933 Mutiny on Royal Netherlands Navy warship HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën off the coast of Sumatra, Dutch East Indies.
  11. 1941 World War II: Allied forces begin the Battle of Keren to capture Keren, Eritrea.
  12. 1945 World War II: General Douglas MacArthur returns to Manila.
  13. 1958 Gamal Abdel Nasser is nominated to be the first president of the United Arab Republic.
  14. 1958 A hydrogen bomb known as the Tybee Bomb is lost by the US Air Force off the coast of Savannah, Georgia, never to be recovered.
  15. 1962 French President Charles de Gaulle calls for Algeria to be granted independence.

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