On This Day in History for January 5
Events in History
- 1349 Margaretha of Bavaria names her son Willem V Earl of Holland and Zealand
- 1438 Pope Eugenius IV deallocated council of Basel to Ferrara
- 1463 French poet Francois Villon banished from Paris
- 1477 Battle of Nancy: Swiss Confederacy led by René II decisively defeats the Duchy of Burgundy, 7,000+ killed including the Duke of Burgundy Charles the Bold
- 1500 Duke Ludovico Sforza's troops reconquer Milan
- 1527 Felix Manz, a leader of the Anabaptist congregation in Zürich, is executed by drowning. (b. 1498)
- 1554 Great fire in Eindhoven, Netherlands
- 1593 William Louis of Nassau becomes governor/viceroy of Drenthe
- More Events in History
King C. Gillette
Joseph Erlanger
Konrad Adenauer
Walter Mondale
Juan Carlos IWeddings in History
- 1531 Pope Clemens VII forbids English King Henry VIII to remarry
- 1808 Explorer William Clark (37) weds Julia Hancock in Fincastle, Virginia
- 1911 British PM Neville Chamberlain (41) weds Anne de Vere Cole
More Weddings in History
Catherine de' Medici
Elizabeth of Russia
Ernest Shackleton
Calvin Coolidge
Amelia Earhart
Momofuku AndoJanuary in History
Rise and Fall of the Vanderbilt Empire
When he died on this day Cornelius Vanderbilt allegedly possessed more money than the U.S. Treasury. Much of it was squandered in lavish spending by descendants
January 4, 1877
Gillette, The Billionaire Shaving Pioneer
Safety razor pioneer King Camp Gillette, a billionaire who offered a former President a million dollars to join him in a business venture, was born on this day.
January 5, 1855
Great Frost of 1709
Le lagon gelé en 1709, painted by Gabriele Bella, showing part of a lagoon which froze in Venice in 1709
January 5, 1790
Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms
President Franklin Roosevelt delivered his Four Freedoms speech on this day. It would form the basis of the UN Declaration of Human Rights three years later.
January 6, 1941