What is August 5?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === *[[25]] &ndash; [[Gwangwu]] claims the throne as [[Emperor]] during political turmoil, restoring [[China]]'s [[Han Dynasty]] after the collapse of the short–lived [[Xin Dynasty]]. *[[642]] &ndash; [[Battle of Maserfeld]] – [[Penda of Mercia]] defeats and kills [[Oswald of Bernicia]]. *[[910]] &ndash; The last major [[Denmark|Danish]] [[army]] to raid [[England]] is defeated at the [[Battle of Tettenhall]] by the allied forces of [[Mercia]] and [[Wessex]]. *[[1100]] &ndash; [[Henry I of England|Henry I]] is crowned King of [[England]] in [[Westminster Abbey]]. *[[1278]] &ndash; The [[Siege]] of [[Algeciras]] ends in the context of the [[Spain|Spanish]] [[Reconquista]], pitting the forces of the [[Kingdom of Castile]] against the [[Emirate]] of [[Granada]]. It ends in a victory for the [[Emirate]] of [[Granada]]. *[[1305]] &ndash; [[William Wallace]], who led [[Scotland|Scottish]] resistance to [[England]], was captured by the English near [[Glasgow]] and transported to [[London]] for trial and execution. *[[1388]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Otterburn]], a border conflict between [[Scotland]] and [[England]], takes place. *[[1583]] &ndash; Sir [[Humphrey Gilbert]] establishes first English colony in [[North America]], at what is now [[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador]]. *[[1620]] &ndash; The [[Mayflower]] sets sail from [[Southampton]] on its first attempt to reach [[North America]]. *[[1689]] &ndash; 1,500 [[Iroquois]] attack village of [[Lachine]], in [[New France]]. *[[1763]] &ndash; [[Pontiac's War]] – [[Battle of Bushy Run]] – British forces led by [[Henry Bouquet]] defeat [[Chief Pontiac]]'s Native Americans at [[Bushy Run]]. *[[1772]] &ndash; [[First Partition of Poland]] begins. *[[1775]] &ndash; Spanish seafarer Juan de Ayala cross the Golden Gate in [[San Francisco]] [[Bay]], landing on the island of Isla de los Angeles. *[[1781]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Dogger Bank]] takes place between British and Dutch forces. *[[1812]] &ndash; [[War of 1812]]: [[