On this day: 5 October
Events, births and deaths on 5 October. Every date is checked against Wikidata.
Years ago today
1 year ago2025
Nothing recorded for that year.
10 years ago2016
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100 years ago1926
- Births · Avraham Adan
1000 years ago1026
Within 100 years of that
- 1056 · Deaths · Henry III
- 1111 · Deaths · Robert II
- 1112 · Deaths · Sigebert of Gembloux
Events · 16
- 1143(Julian date)Conference of Zamora — summit between Portugal and the Kingdom of León, between October 4-5, 1143
- 1672
- 1789Women's March on Versailles — food riot and march by market-women during the French Revolution
- 1813Battle of the Thames — American victory over Tecumseh's Confederacy and allied British Forces in Upper Canada
- 1838Killough massacre — native American attack on white settlers in Texas (1838)
- 19105 October 1910 revolution — October 1910 coup d'état in Portugal; monarchy overthrown, republic established
- 1969Monty Python's Flying Circus — British sketch comedy television series (1969–1974)
- 1974Guildford pub bombings — bombings on 5 October 1974
- 1985Ras Burqa massacre — mass murder in Sinai, Egypt
- 1988
- 19911991 Jakarta Indonesian Air Force C-130 crash — aviation accident
- 1999Ladbroke Grove rail crash — Rail accident at Ladbroke Grove
- 2000Overthrow of Slobodan Milošević — 2000 overthrow of Yugoslavian president Slobodan Milošević
- 2011Mekong River massacre — 2011 hijacking of two Chinese cargo ships and subsequent massacre of all 13 crew members
- 20142014 Japanese Grand Prix — Formula One motor race
- 2021Windows 11 — personal computer operating system by Microsoft released in 2021
Births · 60
- 1274(Julian date)Al-Dhahabi — Syrian Islamic historian and Hadith scholar (1274–1348)
- 1640Madame de Montespan — French noble, mistress of Louis XIV; (1640-1707)
- 1658Mary of Modena — Queen consort of England (1685-1688)
- 1703Jonathan Edwards — Christian preacher, philosopher, and theologian (1703-1758)
- 1712Francesco Guardi — Italian painter (1712-1793)
- 1713Denis Diderot — French Enlightenment philosopher writer and encyclopædist (1713–1784)
- 1781Bernard Bolzano — Bohemian mathematician and priest (1781–1848)
- 1829Chester A. Arthur — president of the United States from 1881 to 1885
- 1841Philipp Mainländer — German poet and philosopher (1841–1876)
- 1878Louise Dresser — American actress (1878–1965)
- 1879Francis Peyton Rous — American scientist (1879-1970)
- 1882Robert H. Goddard — American physicist
- 1887
- 1902Ray Kroc — American businessman
- 1908Joshua Logan — American stage and film director and writer (1908-1988)
- 1911Brian O'Nolan — Irish writer (1911-1966)
- 1917Magda Szabó — Hungarian writer, poet and translator (1917–2007)
- 1919Donald Pleasence — British actor (1919–1995)
- 1922Jock Stein — Scottish football player and manager (1922–1985)
- 1922José Froilán González — Argentine racing driver
- 1923Glynis Johns — British actress (1923–2024)
- 1925Antoine Gizenga — Congolese Prime Minister, candidate for President (1925 – 2019)
- 1929Richard F. Gordon — American astronaut (1929–2017)
- 1930Reinhard Selten — German economist (1930-2016)
- 1930Pavel Popovich — Soviet cosmonaut (1930–2009)
Deaths · 60
- 578(Julian date)Justin II — Emperor of the Byzantine Empire from 565 to 574 (520-578)
- 785(Julian date)Ōtomo no Yakamochi — Japanese statesman and poet of the Nara period
- 989(Julian date)Henry III, Duke of Bavaria — first Duke of Carinthia from 976 to 978, Duke of Bavaria from 983 to 985
- 1056Henry III — Holy Roman Emperor
- 1111(Julian date)Robert II — Count of Flanders (1065-1111)
- 1112(Julian date)Sigebert of Gembloux — medieval priest and chronicler
- 1214(Julian date)Alfonso VIII of Castile — King of Castile (1155-1214)
- 1225(Julian date)Al-Nasir — Abbasid caliph (1158-1225)
- 1285(Julian date)Philip III of France — king of France from 1270 to 1285 (1245–1285)
- 1354(Julian date)Giovanni Visconti — Archbishop & Lord of Milan
- 1398Blanche of Navarre, Queen of France — French queen consort
- 1524Joachim Patinir — Flemish painter (1480-1524)
- 1565(Julian date)Lodovico Ferrari — Italian mathematician (1522–1565)
- 1714Kaibara Ekken — Japanese Confucianist Philosopher, Pre-Linnaean botanist, physician (1630-1714)
- 1777Johann Andreas Segner — Hungarian mathematician (1704-1777)
- 1805Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis — British general, colonial official, diplomat (1738–1805)
- 1813Tecumseh — Shawnee Native American military leader (1768-1813)
- 1880Jacques Offenbach — German-born French composer (1819–1880)
- 1880William Lassell — English merchant and astronomer (1799–1880)
- 1909Zhang Zhidong — Viceroy of Liangguang (1837-1909)
- 1918Roland Garros — Reunionese aviator
- 1927Sam Warner — American film studio executive (1887-1927)
- 1933Nikolai Yudenich — Russian general
- 1933Renée Adorée — French actress (1898-1933)
- 1936J. Slauerhoff — Dutch poet, writer and doctor (1898-1936)
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