What is January 5?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === * [[1066]] &ndash; [[Edward the Confessor]], [[King of England]], dies. The resulting crisis leads to the [[Norman conquest of England]] later the same year. * [[1463]] &ndash; Poet [[François Villon]] is banned from [[Paris]]. * [[1477]] &ndash; [[Battle of Nancy]]: [[Charles the Bold]] is killed, Burgundy becomes part of France. * [[1500]] &ndash; Duke [[Ludovico Sforza]] conquers [[Milan]]. * [[1527]] &ndash; Martyrdom of [[Felix Manz]], a Swiss [[Anabaptist]]. * [[1554]] &ndash; Great fire in [[Eindhoven]], [[Netherlands]]. * [[1675]] &ndash; [[Battle of Colmar]], French army beats Brandenburg. * [[1757]] &ndash; [[Louis XV of France]] survives the [[assassination]] attempt by [[Robert-François Damiens]], the last person to be [[executed]] in [[France]] with the traditional and gruesome form of [[death penalty]] used for [[regicides]]. * [[1759]] &ndash; [[George Washington]] marries [[Martha Dandridge Custis]]. * [[1769]] &ndash; [[James Watt]] [[patent]]s his steam [[engine]]. * [[1781]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: [[Richmond, Virginia]], is burned by British naval forces led by [[Benedict Arnold]]. * [[1813]] &ndash; [[Denmark]] is declared bankrupt. * [[1846]] &ndash; The [[United States House of Representatives]] votes to stop sharing the [[Oregon Territory]] with the [[United Kingdom]]. * [[1854]] &ndash; The San Francisco [[steamer]] sinks, 300 dead. * [[1895]] &ndash; [[Dreyfus Affair]]: [[France|French]] officer [[Alfred Dreyfus]] is stripped of his rank and sentenced to life imprisonment on [[Devil's Island]]. * [[1896]] &ndash; An [[Austria]]n newspaper reports that [[Wilhelm Roentgen]] discovered a type of [[radiation]] later known as [[X-ray]]s. * [[1900]] &ndash; [[Ireland|Irish]] leader [[John Edward Redmond]] calls for a revolt against [[United Kingdom|British]] rule. === 1901&ndash;2000 === * [[1909]] &ndash; [[Colombia]] recognizes the independence of [[Panama]]. * [[1913]] &ndash; [[First Balkan War]]: During the [[Battle of