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The following events took place on January 5. The list is arranged in chronological order.

Found 37 events. Showing 1 - 30.

• 1066

  Edward the Confessor dies childless, sparking a succession crisis that will eventually lead to the Norman conquest of England.
• 1477

  Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is killed and Burgundy becomes part of France.
• 1500

  Duke Ludovico Sforza conquers Milan.
• 1527

  Felix Manz, a leader of the Anabaptist congregation in Zurich, Switzerland, is executed by drowning.
• 1554

  A great fire occurs in Eindhoven, Netherlands.
• 1675

  Battle of Colmar: the French army beats Brandenburg.
• 1757

  Louis XV of France survives an assassination attempt by Robert-François Damiens, the last person to be executed in France by drawing and quartering, the traditional and gruesome form of capital punishment used for regicides.
• 1781

  American Revolutionary War: Richmond, Virginia, is burned by British naval forces led by Benedict Arnold.
• 1846

  The United States House of Representatives votes to stop sharing the Oregon Territory with the United Kingdom.
• 1875

  The Palais Garnier, one of the most famous opera houses in the world, is inaugurated in Paris.
• 1895

  Dreyfus affair: French army officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his rank and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil’s Island.
• 1896

  An Austrian newspaper reports that Wilhelm Röntgen has discovered a type of radiation later known as X-rays.
• 1900

  Irish leader John Redmond calls for a revolt against British rule.
• 1911

  Kappa Alpha Psi, the world’s second oldest and largest black fraternity, is founded at Indiana University.
• 1912

  The Prague Party Conference takes place.
• 1913

  First Balkan War: During the Battle of Lemnos, Greek admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis forces the Turkish fleet to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles, from which it did not venture for the rest of the war.
• 1914

  The Ford Motor Company announces an eight-hour workday and that it would pay a “living wage” of at least $5 for a day’s labor.
• 1919

  The German Workers’ Party, which would become the Nazi Party, is founded.
• 1925

  Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming becomes the first female governor in the United States.
• 1933

  Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge begins in San Francisco Bay.
• 1944

  The Daily Mail becomes the first transoceanic newspaper.
• 1945

  The Soviet Union recognizes the new pro-Soviet government of Poland.
• 1949

  United States President Harry S. Truman unveils his Fair Deal program.
• 1957

  In a speech given to the United States Congress, United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces the establishment of what will later be called the Eisenhower Doctrine.
• 1968

  Alexander Dubček comes to power: “Prague Spring” begins in Czechoslovakia.
• 1969

  The Troubles: The Royal Ulster Constabulary raid the Bogside area of Derry, damaging property and beating residents. In response, residents erect barricades and establish Free Derry.
• 1972

  United States President Richard Nixon orders the development of a Space Shuttle program.
• 1974

  An earthquake in Lima, Peru, kills six people, and damages hundreds of houses.
• 1974

  Warmest reliably measured temperature in Antarctica of +59 °F (+15 °C) recorded at Vanda Station
• 1975

  The Tasman Bridge in Tasmania, Australia, is struck by the bulk ore carrier Lake Illawarra, killing twelve people.

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