What happend on 5th January

04.01
06.01
1896

An Austrian newspaper reports that Wilhelm Roentgen discovered a type of radiation later known as X-rays.

1895

Dreyfus Affair: French officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his rank and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island.

1854

The San Francisco steamer sinks, 300 dead.

1846

The United States House of Representatives votes to stop sharing the Oregon Territory with the United Kingdom.

1781

American Revolutionary War: Richmond, Virginia is burned by British naval forces led by Benedict Arnold.

1759

George Washington marries Martha Dandridge Custis.

1757

Louis XV of France survives the assassination attempt by Robert–François Damiens, the last person to be executed in France with the traditional and gruesome form of death penalty used for regicides.

1675

Battle of Colmar, French army beats Brandenburg.

1554

Great fire in Eindhoven, Netherlands.

1527

Martyrdom of Felix Manz, a Swiss Anabaptist.