What happend on 5th August

04.08
06.08
1860

Carl IV of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Norway, in Trondheim.

1858

Cyrus West Field and others complete the first transatlantic telegraph cable after several unsuccessful attempts. It operated for less than a month.

1812

War of 1812: Tecumseh's Indian force ambushes Thomas Van Horne's 200 Americans at Brownstone Creek, causing them to flee and retreat.

1772

First Partition of Poland begins.

1763

Pontiac's War

1689

1,500 Iroquois attack village of Lachine, in New France.

1583

Sir Humphrey Gilbert establishes first English colony in North America, at what is now St John's, Newfoundland.

1305

William Wallace, who led Scottish resistance to England, was captured by the English near Glasgow and transported to London for trial and execution.

1100

Henry I crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey