This Day In European History

5th August

Events
1000: King Henry I of England is crowned.
1192: The Battle of Jaffa/Arsuf; King Richard I of England defeats Saladin during the Third Crusade.
1388: The Battle of Otterburn; Scottish forces defeat England.
1583: Newfoundland is claimed for England by Humphrey Gilbert.
1600: The Gowry Conspiracy, in which King James VI is attacked by the Gowry brothers while hunting with them; details are still unclear, but James survived and the Gowrys didn't.
1772: The First Partition of Poland divides a third of the country between Prussia, Austria and Russia.
1924: Polygamy is banned in Turkey.

Births
1799: Richard Howe, British admiral.
1850: Guy de Maupassant, French writer.
1860: Joseph Carey Merrick, the 'Elephant Man'.

Deaths
642: St. Oswald, Northumbrian heir.
1648: Edward of Cherbury, English philosopher-poet.
1729: Thomas Newcomen, British steam engineer.
1743: Lord John Hervey of Ickworth, English author.
1792: Frederick North, British Prime Minister.
1831: Sébastien Érard, French instrument maker.

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