WHAT HAPPENED ON 5. AUGUST
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Guangwu claims the throne as emperor after a period of political turmoil, restoring the Han Dynasty after the collapse of the short-lived Xin Dynasty. (5. August 25)

Battle of Maserfield – Penda of Mercia defeats and kills Oswald of Northumbria. (5. August 642)

The last major Danish army to raid England is defeated at the Battle of Tettenhall by the allied forces of Mercia and Wessex, led by King Edward the Elder and Earl Aethelred of Mercia. (5. August 910)

The Battle of Alhandic is fought between Ramiro II of León and Abd-ar-Rahman III at Zamora in the context of the Spanish Reconquista. The battle resulted in a victory for the Emirate of Cordoba. (5. August 939)

Byzantine–Norman wars: Italo-Normans begin a nearly-three-year siege of Bari. (5. August 1068)

Henry I is crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey. (5. August 1100)

The Siege of Algeciras ends in the context of the Spanish Reconquista pitting the forces of the Kingdom of Castile against the Emirate of Granada. The battle resulted in a Granadan victory. (5. August 1278)

William Wallace, who led the Scottish resistance against England, is captured by the English near Glasgow and transported to London where he is put on trial and executed. (5. August 1305)

The Battle of Otterburn, a border skirmish between the Scottish and the English in Northern England, is fought near Otterburn. (5. August 1388)

Sir Humphrey Gilbert establishes the first English colony in North America, at what is now St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. (5. August 1583)

The Gowrie Conspiracy against King James VI of Scotland (later to become King James I of England) takes place. (5. August 1600)

The Mayflower departs from Southampton, England on its first attempt to reach North America. (5. August 1620)

1,500 Iroquois attack the village of Lachine in New France. (5. August 1689)

The Battle of Petrovaradin takes place. (5. August 1716)

Freedom of the press: New York Weekly Journal writer John Peter Zenger is acquitted of seditious libel against the royal governor of New York, on the basis that what he had published was true. (5. August 1735)

Pontiac's War: Battle of Bushy Run – British forces led by Henry Bouquet defeat Chief Pontiac's Indians at Bushy Run. (5. August 1763)

The First Partition of Poland begins. (5. August 1772)

The Battle of Dogger Bank takes place. (5. August 1781)

Greek War of Independence: Constantine Kanaris leads a Greek fleet to victory against Ottoman and Egyptian ships in the Battle of Samos. (5. August 1824)

Cyrus West Field and others complete the first transatlantic telegraph cable after several unsuccessful attempts. It will operate for less than a month. (5. August 1858)