On This Day in History for February 5
Events in History
- 816 Frankish emperor Louis grants archbishop Salzburg immunity
- 1428 King Alfonso V, orders Sicily's Jews to attend conversion sermons
- 1488 Roman Catholic German Emperor Maximilian I caught in Belgium
- 1512 French troops under Gaston de Foix rescue Bologna, which was under siege from a combined Papal-Spanish army
- 1556 King Henry II of France and Holy Roman Emperor Charles V sign the Treaty of Vaucelles, creating a temporary truce in the Italian War of 1551–59
- 1572 Beggars assault Oisterwijk Neth, drive nuns out
- 1576 Henry of Navarre (later Henry IV of France) abjures Catholicism at Tours
- 1597 A group of early Japanese Christians, known as the 26 Martyrs, are killed by the new government of Japan for being seen as a threat to Japanese society
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John Witherspoon
Robert Peel
Adlai Stevenson II
William S. Burroughs
Robert Hofstadter
Nolan BushnellWeddings in History
- 1826 Future US President Millard Fillmore (26) weds Abigail Powers (27)
More Weddings in History
Thomas Carlyle
Ben Enwonwu
Gnassingbé Eyadéma
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Pervez MusharrafFebruary in History
4th Century Bible Discovered
A page from the Codex Sinaiticus, displaying the Lord's Prayer. The first few letters are part of Matthew 6:4; the first new paragraph denotes Matthew 6:5. The last full sentence is Matthew 6:24; the last incomplete sentence on this page is Matthew 6:25.
February 4, 1859
‘Bobbies’ Take To The Streets Of London
Robert Peel, the man responsible for the world’s first modern police force, the UK’s ruling Conservative party – and income tax – was born on this day.
February 5, 1788
26 Martyrs of Japan Executed
A painting in a Prague church commemorating the 1597 crucifixion of the 26 Catholic martyrs of Japan in Nagasaki
February 5, 1597
Treaty of Waitangi
The Treaty of Waitangi, signed by the British Crown and various Māori chiefs
February 6, 1840