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On October 5, 610: Heraclius arrives at Constantinople, kills Byzantine Emperor Phocas, and becomes emperor.

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Heraclius arrives at Constantinople, kills Byzantine Emperor Phocas, and becomes emperor.

Heraclius was Byzantine emperor from 610 to 641. His rise to power began in 608, when he and his father, Heraclius the Elder, the Exarch of Africa, led a revolt against the unpopular emperor Phocas.

People

Born on October 5

Jacob Tremblay 2006– Canadian actor (born 2006)
Washington Sundar 1999– Indian cricketer (born 1999)
Exequiel Palacios 1998– Argentine footballer (born 1998)
Michael Hoecht 1997– Canadian American football player (born 1997)
Jewell Loyd 1993– American basketball player (born 1993)
Wakamotoharu Minato 1993– Japanese professional sumo wrestler
Kevin Magnussen 1992– Danish racing driver (born 1992)
Cody Zeller 1992– American basketball player (born 1992)
Pär Lindholm 1991– Swedish ice hockey player (born 1991)
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Tornike Shengelia 1991– Georgian basketball player (born 1991)
Nathan Peats 1990– Australian professional rugby league footballer
Kelsey Adrian 1989– Canadian basketball player
Marcel Baude 1989– German footballer
Ify Ibekwe 1989– Nigerian basketball player (born 1989)
Travis Kelce 1989– American football player (born 1989)
Benny Howell 1988– English cricketer (born 1988)
Bahar Kızıl 1988– German singer
Maja Salvador 1988– Filipino actress (born 1988)

People

Died on October 5

Robert Coover American novelist (1932–2024)
Eberhard van der Laan Dutch politician
Brock Yates American motorsport journalist (1933–2016)
Chantal Akerman Belgian film director, screenwriter, and educator (1950–2015)
Joker Arroyo Filipino politician (1927–2015)
Grace Lee Boggs American social activist, author (1915–2015)
Henning Mankell Swedish author (1948–2015)
David Chavchavadze American writer (1924–2014)
Andrea de Cesaris Italian racing driver (1959–2014)
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Geoffrey Holder Trinidadian-American actor and dancer (1930–2014)
Yuri Lyubimov Soviet and Russian stage actor and director
Ruth R. Benerito American scientist and inventor (1916–2013)
Carlo Lizzani Italian film director, screenwriter and critic
Yakkun Sakurazuka Japanese comedian and voice actor
Keith Campbell British biologist and university professor (1954–2012)
Vojin Dimitrijević Serbian law professor, intellectual and human rights activist
James W. Holley III American politician
Edvard Mirzoyan Armenian composer

Timeline

Every October 5 on record

  1. 610 Heraclius arrives at Constantinople, kills Byzantine Emperor Phocas, and becomes emperor.

    Byzantine emperor from 610 to 641

    Heraclius was Byzantine emperor from 610 to 641. His rise to power began in 608, when he and his father, Heraclius the Elder, the Exarch of Africa, led a revolt against the unpopular emperor Phocas.

  2. 816 King Louis the Pious is crowned emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by the Pope.

    Emperor of the Carolingian Empire from 813 to 840

    Louis the Pious, also called the Fair and the Debonaire, was King of the Franks and co-emperor with his father, Charlemagne, from 813. He was also King of Aquitaine from 781. As the only surviving son of Charlemagne and Hildegard, he became the sole ruler of the Franks after his father's death in 814, a position that he held until his death except from November 833 to March 834, when he was deposed.

  3. 869 The Fourth Council of Constantinople is convened to depose patriarch Photios I.

    8th ecumenical council of the Catholic Church (869–870 AD)

    The Fourth Council of Constantinople was the eighth ecumenical council of the Catholic Church held in Constantinople from 5 October 869, to 28 February 870. It was poorly attended, the first session by only 12 bishops and the number of bishops later never exceeded 103. In contrast, the pro-Photian council of 879–80 was attended by 383 bishops.

  4. 1143 With the signing of the Treaty of Zamora, King Alfonso VII of León and Castile recognises Portugal as a Kingdom.

    1143 recognition of Portugal's independence from León

    The Treaty of Zamora was a diplomatic meeting held on 4–5 October 1143 between Afonso Henriques, then styled Infante of Portugal, and his cousin Alfonso VII of León, King of León and Castile. It took place at the Cathedral of Zamora in the presence of the papal legate, Cardinal Guido de Vico.

  5. 1450 Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria expels Jews from his jurisdiction.

    Duke of Bavaria-Landshut from 1450 to 1479

    Louis IX was Duke of Bavaria-Landshut from 1450. He was a son of Henry XVI the Rich and Margaret of Austria. Louis was the founder of the University of Ingolstadt.

  6. 1607 Assassins attempt to kill Venetian statesman and scientist Paolo Sarpi.
  7. 1789 French Revolution: The Women's March on Versailles effectively terminates royal authority.
  8. 1813 War of 1812: The Army of the Northwest defeats a British and Native Canadian force threatening Detroit.
  9. 1869 The Saxby Gale devastates the Bay of Fundy region in Canada.
  10. 1869 The Eastman tunnel, in Minnesota, United States, collapses during construction, causing a landslide that nearly destroys St. Anthony Falls.
  11. 1877 The Nez Perce War in the northwestern United States comes to an end.
  12. 1900 Peace congress in Paris condemns British policy in South Africa and asserts Boer Republic's right to self-determination.
  13. 1905 The Wright brothers pilot the Wright Flyer III in a new world record flight of 24 miles in 39 minutes.
  14. 1910 In a revolution in Portugal the monarchy is overthrown and a republic is declared.
  15. 1911 The Kowloon–Canton Railway commences service.
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  1. 1914 World War I: An aircraft successfully destroys another aircraft with gunfire for the first time.
  2. 1921 The World Series is the first to be broadcast on radio.[citation needed]
  3. 1930 British airship R101 crashes in France en route to India on its maiden voyage killing 48 people.
  4. 1931 Clyde Edward Pangborn and Hugh Herndon, Jr. make the first nonstop flight across the Pacific Ocean in the plane Miss Veedol.
  5. 1936 The Jarrow March sets off for London.
  6. 1938 Holocaust: In Nazi Germany, Jews' passports are invalidated.
  7. 1943 World War II: Pacific Theater: Ninety-eight American POWs are executed by Japanese forces on Wake Island.
  8. 1944 The Provisional Government of the French Republic enfranchises women.
  9. 1945 A six-month strike by Hollywood set decorators turns into a bloody riot at the gates of the Warner Brothers studio.
  10. 1947 President Truman makes the first televised Oval Office address.
  11. 1962 The first of the James Bond film series, based on the novels by Ian Fleming, Dr. No, is released in Britain.
  12. 1962 The first Beatles single "Love Me Do" is released in Britain.
  13. 1963 The United States suspends the Commercial Import Program in response to repression of the Buddhist majority by the regime of President Ngo Dinh Diem.
  14. 1966 A reactor at the Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station near Detroit suffers a partial meltdown.
  15. 1968 A Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association march in Derry is violently suppressed by police.

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