On This Day in History

August 5

Historical Events

910 The last major Viking army to raid England is defeated at the Battle of Tettenhall by the allied forces of Mercia and Wessex, led by King Edward and Earl Æthelred

William Wallace on trial at Westminster Hall in a painting by Daniel Maclise

1305 Scottish resistance leader William Wallace is captured by the English near Glasgow and transported to London for trial and execution

1583 Humphrey Gilbert claims Newfoundland for the British crown, the first English colony in North America and the beginning of the British Empire

1716 Battle of Petrovaradin [Peterwardein]: Habsburgs under Eugene of Savoy defeat the Ottomans in a decisive victory

1864 Battle of Mobile Bay, won by the Union Navy led by Rear Admiral David Farragut with the cry "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!"

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