What happend on 5th July

04.07
06.07
1865

The world's first maximum speed law is enacted in England.

1865

William Booth founds The Christian Mission (later renamed The Salvation Army).

1833

Admiral Charles Napier defeats the navy of the Portuguese usurper Dom Miguel at the third Battle of Cape St. Vincent.

1830

France invades Algeria.

1814

War of 1812: Battle of Chippewa

1813

War of 1812: Three weeks of British raids on Fort Schlosser, Black Rock and Plattsburgh, New York begin.

1811

Venezuela is the first South American country to declare independence from Spain.

1803

The convention of Artlenburg leads to the French occupation of Hanover (which had been ruled by the British king).

1687

Isaac Newton's Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica is published.

1610

John Guy sets sail from Bristol with 39 other colonists for Newfoundland.