WHAT HAPPENED ON 5. JANUARY
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Edward the Confessor dies childless, sparking a succession crisis that will eventually lead to the Norman conquest of England. (5. January 1066)

Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is killed and Burgundy becomes part of France. (5. January 1477)

Duke Ludovico Sforza conquers Milan. (5. January 1500)

Felix Manz, a leader of the Anabaptist congregation in Zurich, Switzerland, is executed by drowning. (5. January 1527)

A great fire occurs in Eindhoven, Netherlands. (5. January 1554)

Battle of Colmar: the French army beats Brandenburg. (5. January 1675)

Louis XV of France survives an assassination attempt by Robert-François Damiens, the last person to be executed in France by drawing and quartering, the traditional and gruesome form of capital punishment used for regicides. (5. January 1757)

American Revolutionary War: Richmond, Virginia, is burned by British naval forces led by Benedict Arnold. (5. January 1781)

The United States House of Representatives votes to stop sharing the Oregon Territory with the United Kingdom. (5. January 1846)

Dreyfus affair: French army officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his rank and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island. (5. January 1895)

An Austrian newspaper reports that Wilhelm Röntgen has discovered a type of radiation later known as X-rays. (5. January 1896)

Irish leader John Redmond calls for a revolt against British rule. (5. January 1900)

Colombia recognizes the independence of Panama. (5. January 1909)

Kappa Alpha Psi, the world's second oldest and largest black fraternity, is founded at Indiana University. (5. January 1911)

The Prague Party Conference takes place. (5. January 1912)

First Balkan War: During the Battle of Lemnos, Greek admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis forces the Turkish fleet to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles, from which it did not venture for the rest of the war. (5. January 1913)

The Ford Motor Company announces an eight-hour workday and that it would pay a "living wage" of at least $5 for a day's labor. (5. January 1914)

The German Workers' Party, which would become the Nazi Party, is founded. (5. January 1919)

Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming becomes the first female governor in the United States. (5. January 1925)

Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge begins in San Francisco Bay. (5. January 1933)