A complete timeline of historical events, famous births, notable deaths, and holidays that occurred on April 5 throughout history.
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Battle on the Ice: Russian Prince of Novgorod Alexander Nevsky defeats the Teutonic Knights on the frozen Lake Peipus between Estonia and Russia
Dutch navigator Jacob Roggeveen is the first European to discover Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui, in the southeastern Pacific Ocean
Battle of Maipú: Chile's independence movement, led by Bernardo O'Higgins and José de San Martín, wins a decisive victory over Spain, leaving 2,000 Spaniards and 1,000 Chilean patriots dead
Birkenhead Park is a major public park located in the centre of Birkenhead, Merseyside, England. It was designed by Joseph Paxton and opened on 5 April 1847.
The War of the Pacific (Spanish: Guerra del Pacífico), also known by multiple other names, was a war between Chile and a Bolivian–Peruvian alliance from 1879 to 1884.
The 1988–89 network television schedule for the four major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers primetime hours from September 1988 through August 1989.
Johann Strauss Jr's opera "Die Fledermaus" premieres in Vienna
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar breaks Wilt Chamberlain's all-time career scoring record of 31,419 points
Pocahontas (US: , UK: ; born Amonute, also known as Matoaka and Rebecca Rolfe; c. 1596 – March 1617) was a Native American woman belonging to the Powhatan people, notable for her association with the...
Dutch painter Jan Vermeer marries Catharina Bolenes in Schipluiden
American musician Ray Charles (24) weds Della Beatrice Howard
Pope Peschalis I crowns Lotharius I as co-emperor of France
Bishop Giovanni "Minchus" ["the thin"] elected as Anti-Pope Benedict X
Three hundred nobles in the Habsburg Netherlands submit the Compromise of Nobles petition to Margaret of Parma against the Inquisition and the enforcement of the placards against heresy
Clemens Crabeels becomes bishop of 's-Hertogenbosch
Daimyo (Lord) of the Satsuma Domain in southern Kyūshū, Japan, completes his successful invasion of the Ryūkyū Kingdom in Okinawa
Second parliament of King James I begins session, no bills pass and lasts only 2 months and 2 days, thus its name the Addled Parliament
Spanish troops and feudal barons strike down people's uprising in Naples
France and Prussia form an alliance against Austria over partitioning parts of the duchies of Jülich and Berg
Adolf (or Adolph) Frederick (Swedish: Adolf Fredrik; German: Adolf Friedrich; 14 May 1710 – 12 February 1771) was King of Sweden from 1751 until his death in 1771.
Grenada is an island country of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean Sea. The southernmost of the Windward Islands, Grenada is directly south of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and about 100...
First US Chamber of Commerce forms in NYC
High Possil Meteorite: The first recorded meteorite in Scotland falls in Possil
Isaac Quintard patents apple cider
Badajoz is the capital of the province of Badajoz in the autonomous community of Extremadura, Spain. It is situated close to the Portuguese border, on the left bank of the river Guadiana.
Netherlands Bank issues its 1st banknotes
Federals abandon Ft Quitman, Texas
Siege of Yorktown, fought in York County and Newport News, Virginia ends (Yorktown campaign), inconclusive result (US Civil War)
The Appomattox campaign was a series of American Civil War battles fought March 29 – April 9, 1865, in Virginia that concluded with the surrender of Confederate General Robert E.
Transvaal regains independence under British suzerainty
Cleveland passes Park Act (forerunner of Metroparks)
11 strikers killed in riot at Connellsville, Penn
The Greco-Turkish War of 1897 or the Ottoman-Greek War of 1897 (Turkish: 1897 Osmanlı-Yunan Savaşı or 1897 Türk-Yunan Savaşı), also called the Thirty Days' War and known in Greece as the Black '97 or...
Attempted assassination of Edward Prince of Wales in Brussels, fails
Under threats from the Ottoman Turkish Government, Bulgaria is forced to arrest the leaders of the Macedonian Committee
In Glasgow, Scotland the Ibrox disaster occurs after a section of a grandstand collapses killing 25 and injuring 517
The first international rugby league match is played between England and an Other Nationalities team (Welsh & Scottish players) in Central Park, Wigan, England.
Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates towns in the Naples province, killing more than 100 people
MCC tour match v Jamaica finishes in a tie
French begin Woëvre-offensive
French troops occupy Bois de Caillette
Antwerp is officially declared the host city for the Games of the 7th Olympiad to be conducted in 1920; first post WWI Olympics
KOB-AM in Albuquerque NM begins radio transmissions
The Japanese Communist Party (日本共産党, Nihon Kyōsan-tō; abbr. JCP) is a communist party in Japan. Founded in 1922, it is the oldest active political party in the country.
Lithuania signs Litvinov-pact
England cricketers dismissed for then record 849 v West Indies in 4th Test in Kingston, Jamaica; Andy Sandham out for 325
Dominion of Newfoundland: 10,000 rioters seize the Colonial Building leading to the end of self-government
Baseball superstar Babe Ruth agrees to do three 15-minute broadcasts a week over NBC for a fee of $39,000 for 13 weeks; $4,000 more than his NY Yankees playing contract
Croatian Farmers Party wins Yugoslavian election
Tupelo, Mississippi virtually annihilated by a tornado, 216 die
The San Francisco Municipal Railway (Muni) is the primary public transit system for San Francisco, California.
World War II: 145 RAF Lancasters bomb German aircraft factory in Toulouse, France
British logistics supported the operations of Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery's Anglo-Canadian 21st Army Group in the Western Allied invasion of Germany from 8 January 1945 until the end of the...
WGN TV channel 9 in Chicago, IL (IND) begins broadcasting
60 year old St Anthony's Hospital in Effingham, Illinois, catches fire, killing 77 people
Prague espionage trial against bishops & priests begins
Henry Wittenberg wins his 8th AAU wrestling title
WEYI TV channel 25 in Saginaw, MI (CBS) begins broadcasting
Sirima Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike, commonly known as Sirimavo Bandaranaike, was a Sri Lankan politician who served as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka from 1960 to 1965, from 1970 to 1977, and from 1994...
Ripple Rock, an underwater threat to navigation in the Seymour Narrows in Canada is destroyed in one of the largest ever non-nuclear controlled explosions
Herb Gardner's "Thousand Clowns" premieres in NYC
Beatles receive their 1st silver disc, for "Please Please Me"
The London Underground (also known simply as the Underground or as the Tube) is a rapid transit system serving Greater London and some parts of the adjacent home counties of Buckinghamshire, Essex...
WTVX TV channel 34 in Ft Pierce-Vero Beach, FL (IND) 1st broadcast
The involvement of the United States in the Vietnam War began in the 1950s and greatly escalated in 1965 until its withdrawal in 1973. The U.S.
WSNS TV channel 44 in Chicago, IL (IND) begins broadcasting
Chicago, an American '"rock band with horns," begins a six-night, eight-show sold-out run at Carnegie Hall, NYC; all shows are recorded and a live four-LP box set is compiled and released later in the year
Daniel Joseph "Rusty" Staub (April 1, 1944 – March 29, 2018) was an American professional baseball player and television color commentator.
NFL adopts jersey numbering system (ie QBs, 1-19)
Soyuz 7K-T No.39 (also named Soyuz 18a or Soyuz 18-1 by some sources and also known as the April 5 Anomaly) was an unsuccessful launch of a crewed Soyuz spacecraft by the Soviet Union in 1975.
The Nevada National Security Sites (N2S2 or NNSS), popularized as the Nevada Test Site (NTS) until 2010, is a reservation of the United States Department of Energy located in the southeastern portion...
Philadelphia Flyers amass a record 2,621 penalty minutes
43-year-old St. Louis reliever Jim Kaat pitches 1 inning for the Cardinals in a season-opening, 14-3 rout of Houston; sets a MLB record for pitchers by playing in his 24th consecutive season
France throws out 47 Soviet diplomats
Record for a throw-and-return boomerang toss is set (121m)
Detroit Pistons Joe Dumaars ends NBA free throw streak of 62 games
Game 2 of Mayor Challenge - NY Yankees sweep NY Mets 6-5 at Shea
73,293 see the NY Yankees beat the Cleveland Indians, 9-1 in the season opener at Cleveland Stadium
Miami Heat beat NY Knicks ending 15 game NBA winning streak
Pages of Codex Argenteus (the Silver Bible), the oldest text in the Gothic language (5th century) stolen from Uppsala University Library, Sweden in broad daylight (recovered a month later)
John Bobbitt is put under house arrest in Las Vegas for 120 days
Galileo, 3rd Ganymede Flyby (Orbit 7)
The Arizona Diamondbacks record their first win in team history with a 3-2 victory over the San Francisco Giants in Phoenix, AZ; ends second-worst start ever (0-5) by an expansion team
The Kansas City Royals become the first MLB team to begin the season 5-0 after losing 100 games the previous year, beating the Cleveland Indians, 2 - 1
The Washington Nationals lose their inaugural season opener, 8-4 to the Philadelphia Phillies; first team to represent the nation's capital since the Washington Senators left after the 1971 season
North Korea launches its controversial Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 rocket. The satellite passed over mainland Japan, which prompted an immediate reaction from the United Nations Security Council, as well as participating states of Six-party talks
77-year old pensioner's suicide outside Greek parliament prompts further protests in Athens
60 people are killed in Nigeria after a bus collides with an oil tanker
Minnesota manager Ron Gardenhire picks up the 1,000th win of his MLB career as the Twins score a 7 - 3 victory over the Cleveland Indians
Rolling Stone Magazine retracts its "Rape on Campus" story about a gang rape at the University of Virginia after being discredited
OKC guard Russell Westbrook becomes first player in NBA history to average a triple-double for the third consecutive season during the Thunder's 123-110 win at home over Detroit Pistons
India records over 100,000 new daily COVID cases for the first time, more than half in the state of Maharashtra, which begins a new lockdown
Shanghai lockdown extended to cover the whole city as COVID-19 cases increase, as China remains one of the last to employ a "zero-Covid" system [1]
New York region hit by a 4.8 magnitude earthquake, with multiple aftershocks. One of the largest earthquakes for a century in the area. [1]
Floods affecting half of Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, are reported to have killed 33 people, amid claims the climate crisis is making flooding worse [1]
Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher and political theorist, known for english philosopher and political theorist, was born on 1588-04-05.
Booker T. Washington is born
Nguyễn Văn Thiệu is born
Colin Powell, American general, diplomat and statesman, known for american general, diplomat and statesman, was born on 1937-04-05.
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is born
Spencer Tracy, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1900-04-05. Spencer Bonaventure Tracy (April 5, 1900 – June 10, 1967) was an American actor.
Bette Davis, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1908-04-05.
Gregory Peck, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1916-04-05. Eldred Gregory Peck (April 5, 1916 – June 12, 2003) was an American actor and one of the most popular film stars from…
Sterling K. Brown, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1977-04-05. Sterling Kelby Brown is an American actor.
Lily James, English actress, known for english actress, was born on 1990-04-05. Lily Chloe Ninette Thomson, known professionally as Lily James, is an English actress.
Agnetha Fältskog, Swedish musician, known for swedish singer, was born on 1951-04-05. Agneta Åse "Agnetha" Fältskog is a Swedish singer, songwriter, and a member of the pop group ABBA.
Pharrell Williams, American musician, known for american musician, was born on 1974-04-05.
Juicy J, American musician, known for american rapper, was born on 1976-04-05. Jordan Michael Houston III, known professionally as Juicy J, is an American rapper and record producer.
Clas Thunberg is born
Georges Danton, French revolutionary, known for french revolutionary, died on 1794-04-05. Georges Jacques Danton was a French politician and leading figure of the French Revolution.
Chiang Kai-shek dies
Allen Ginsberg, American poet and writer, known for american poet and writer, died on 1997-04-05. Irwin Allen Ginsberg (June 3, 1926 – April 5, 1997) was an American poet and writer.
Pope Peschalis I crowns Lotharius I as co-emperor of France
Bishop Giovanni "Minchus" ["the thin"] elected as Anti-Pope Benedict X
Battle on the Ice: Russian Prince of Novgorod Alexander Nevsky defeats the Teutonic Knights on the frozen Lake Peipus between Estonia and Russia
Three hundred nobles in the Habsburg Netherlands submit the Compromise of Nobles petition to Margaret of Parma against the Inquisition and the enforcement of the placards against heresy
Clemens Crabeels becomes bishop of 's-Hertogenbosch
Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher and political theorist, known for english philosopher and political theorist, was born on 1588-04-05.
Daimyo (Lord) of the Satsuma Domain in southern Kyūshū, Japan, completes his successful invasion of the Ryūkyū Kingdom in Okinawa
Pocahontas (US: , UK: ; born Amonute, also known as Matoaka and Rebecca Rolfe; c. 1596 – March 1617) was a Native American woman belonging to the Powhatan people, notable for her association with the...
Second parliament of King James I begins session, no bills pass and lasts only 2 months and 2 days, thus its name the Addled Parliament
Spanish troops and feudal barons strike down people's uprising in Naples
Dutch painter Jan Vermeer marries Catharina Bolenes in Schipluiden
Dutch navigator Jacob Roggeveen is the first European to discover Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui, in the southeastern Pacific Ocean
France and Prussia form an alliance against Austria over partitioning parts of the duchies of Jülich and Berg
Adolf (or Adolph) Frederick (Swedish: Adolf Fredrik; German: Adolf Friedrich; 14 May 1710 – 12 February 1771) was King of Sweden from 1751 until his death in 1771.
Grenada is an island country of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean Sea. The southernmost of the Windward Islands, Grenada is directly south of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and about 100...
First US Chamber of Commerce forms in NYC
Georges Danton, French revolutionary, known for french revolutionary, died on 1794-04-05. Georges Jacques Danton was a French politician and leading figure of the French Revolution.
High Possil Meteorite: The first recorded meteorite in Scotland falls in Possil
Isaac Quintard patents apple cider
Badajoz is the capital of the province of Badajoz in the autonomous community of Extremadura, Spain. It is situated close to the Portuguese border, on the left bank of the river Guadiana.
Netherlands Bank issues its 1st banknotes
Battle of Maipú: Chile's independence movement, led by Bernardo O'Higgins and José de San Martín, wins a decisive victory over Spain, leaving 2,000 Spaniards and 1,000 Chilean patriots dead
Birkenhead Park is a major public park located in the centre of Birkenhead, Merseyside, England. It was designed by Joseph Paxton and opened on 5 April 1847.
Booker T. Washington is born
Federals abandon Ft Quitman, Texas
Siege of Yorktown, fought in York County and Newport News, Virginia ends (Yorktown campaign), inconclusive result (US Civil War)
The Appomattox campaign was a series of American Civil War battles fought March 29 – April 9, 1865, in Virginia that concluded with the surrender of Confederate General Robert E.
Johann Strauss Jr's opera "Die Fledermaus" premieres in Vienna
The War of the Pacific (Spanish: Guerra del Pacífico), also known by multiple other names, was a war between Chile and a Bolivian–Peruvian alliance from 1879 to 1884.
Transvaal regains independence under British suzerainty
Cleveland passes Park Act (forerunner of Metroparks)
Clas Thunberg is born
11 strikers killed in riot at Connellsville, Penn
The Greco-Turkish War of 1897 or the Ottoman-Greek War of 1897 (Turkish: 1897 Osmanlı-Yunan Savaşı or 1897 Türk-Yunan Savaşı), also called the Thirty Days' War and known in Greece as the Black '97 or...
Attempted assassination of Edward Prince of Wales in Brussels, fails
Spencer Tracy, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1900-04-05. Spencer Bonaventure Tracy (April 5, 1900 – June 10, 1967) was an American actor.
Under threats from the Ottoman Turkish Government, Bulgaria is forced to arrest the leaders of the Macedonian Committee
In Glasgow, Scotland the Ibrox disaster occurs after a section of a grandstand collapses killing 25 and injuring 517
The first international rugby league match is played between England and an Other Nationalities team (Welsh & Scottish players) in Central Park, Wigan, England.
Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates towns in the Naples province, killing more than 100 people
Bette Davis, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1908-04-05.
MCC tour match v Jamaica finishes in a tie
French begin Woëvre-offensive
French troops occupy Bois de Caillette
Gregory Peck, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1916-04-05. Eldred Gregory Peck (April 5, 1916 – June 12, 2003) was an American actor and one of the most popular film stars from…
Antwerp is officially declared the host city for the Games of the 7th Olympiad to be conducted in 1920; first post WWI Olympics
KOB-AM in Albuquerque NM begins radio transmissions
Nguyễn Văn Thiệu is born
The Japanese Communist Party (日本共産党, Nihon Kyōsan-tō; abbr. JCP) is a communist party in Japan. Founded in 1922, it is the oldest active political party in the country.
Lithuania signs Litvinov-pact
England cricketers dismissed for then record 849 v West Indies in 4th Test in Kingston, Jamaica; Andy Sandham out for 325
Dominion of Newfoundland: 10,000 rioters seize the Colonial Building leading to the end of self-government
Baseball superstar Babe Ruth agrees to do three 15-minute broadcasts a week over NBC for a fee of $39,000 for 13 weeks; $4,000 more than his NY Yankees playing contract
Croatian Farmers Party wins Yugoslavian election
Tupelo, Mississippi virtually annihilated by a tornado, 216 die
Colin Powell, American general, diplomat and statesman, known for american general, diplomat and statesman, was born on 1937-04-05.
The San Francisco Municipal Railway (Muni) is the primary public transit system for San Francisco, California.
World War II: 145 RAF Lancasters bomb German aircraft factory in Toulouse, France
British logistics supported the operations of Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery's Anglo-Canadian 21st Army Group in the Western Allied invasion of Germany from 8 January 1945 until the end of the...
WGN TV channel 9 in Chicago, IL (IND) begins broadcasting
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is born
60 year old St Anthony's Hospital in Effingham, Illinois, catches fire, killing 77 people
Prague espionage trial against bishops & priests begins
Agnetha Fältskog, Swedish musician, known for swedish singer, was born on 1951-04-05. Agneta Åse "Agnetha" Fältskog is a Swedish singer, songwriter, and a member of the pop group ABBA.
Henry Wittenberg wins his 8th AAU wrestling title
WEYI TV channel 25 in Saginaw, MI (CBS) begins broadcasting
American musician Ray Charles (24) weds Della Beatrice Howard
Sirima Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike, commonly known as Sirimavo Bandaranaike, was a Sri Lankan politician who served as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka from 1960 to 1965, from 1970 to 1977, and from 1994...
Ripple Rock, an underwater threat to navigation in the Seymour Narrows in Canada is destroyed in one of the largest ever non-nuclear controlled explosions
Herb Gardner's "Thousand Clowns" premieres in NYC
Beatles receive their 1st silver disc, for "Please Please Me"
The London Underground (also known simply as the Underground or as the Tube) is a rapid transit system serving Greater London and some parts of the adjacent home counties of Buckinghamshire, Essex...
WTVX TV channel 34 in Ft Pierce-Vero Beach, FL (IND) 1st broadcast
The involvement of the United States in the Vietnam War began in the 1950s and greatly escalated in 1965 until its withdrawal in 1973. The U.S.
WSNS TV channel 44 in Chicago, IL (IND) begins broadcasting
Chicago, an American '"rock band with horns," begins a six-night, eight-show sold-out run at Carnegie Hall, NYC; all shows are recorded and a live four-LP box set is compiled and released later in the year
Daniel Joseph "Rusty" Staub (April 1, 1944 – March 29, 2018) was an American professional baseball player and television color commentator.
NFL adopts jersey numbering system (ie QBs, 1-19)
Pharrell Williams, American musician, known for american musician, was born on 1974-04-05.
Soyuz 7K-T No.39 (also named Soyuz 18a or Soyuz 18-1 by some sources and also known as the April 5 Anomaly) was an unsuccessful launch of a crewed Soyuz spacecraft by the Soviet Union in 1975.
Chiang Kai-shek dies
Juicy J, American musician, known for american rapper, was born on 1976-04-05. Jordan Michael Houston III, known professionally as Juicy J, is an American rapper and record producer.
The Nevada National Security Sites (N2S2 or NNSS), popularized as the Nevada Test Site (NTS) until 2010, is a reservation of the United States Department of Energy located in the southeastern portion...
Sterling K. Brown, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1977-04-05. Sterling Kelby Brown is an American actor.
Philadelphia Flyers amass a record 2,621 penalty minutes
43-year-old St. Louis reliever Jim Kaat pitches 1 inning for the Cardinals in a season-opening, 14-3 rout of Houston; sets a MLB record for pitchers by playing in his 24th consecutive season
France throws out 47 Soviet diplomats
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar breaks Wilt Chamberlain's all-time career scoring record of 31,419 points
Record for a throw-and-return boomerang toss is set (121m)
The 1988–89 network television schedule for the four major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers primetime hours from September 1988 through August 1989.
Lily James, English actress, known for english actress, was born on 1990-04-05. Lily Chloe Ninette Thomson, known professionally as Lily James, is an English actress.
Detroit Pistons Joe Dumaars ends NBA free throw streak of 62 games
Game 2 of Mayor Challenge - NY Yankees sweep NY Mets 6-5 at Shea
73,293 see the NY Yankees beat the Cleveland Indians, 9-1 in the season opener at Cleveland Stadium
Miami Heat beat NY Knicks ending 15 game NBA winning streak
Pages of Codex Argenteus (the Silver Bible), the oldest text in the Gothic language (5th century) stolen from Uppsala University Library, Sweden in broad daylight (recovered a month later)
John Bobbitt is put under house arrest in Las Vegas for 120 days
Galileo, 3rd Ganymede Flyby (Orbit 7)
Allen Ginsberg, American poet and writer, known for american poet and writer, died on 1997-04-05. Irwin Allen Ginsberg (June 3, 1926 – April 5, 1997) was an American poet and writer.
The Arizona Diamondbacks record their first win in team history with a 3-2 victory over the San Francisco Giants in Phoenix, AZ; ends second-worst start ever (0-5) by an expansion team
The Kansas City Royals become the first MLB team to begin the season 5-0 after losing 100 games the previous year, beating the Cleveland Indians, 2 - 1
The Washington Nationals lose their inaugural season opener, 8-4 to the Philadelphia Phillies; first team to represent the nation's capital since the Washington Senators left after the 1971 season
North Korea launches its controversial Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 rocket. The satellite passed over mainland Japan, which prompted an immediate reaction from the United Nations Security Council, as well as participating states of Six-party talks
77-year old pensioner's suicide outside Greek parliament prompts further protests in Athens
60 people are killed in Nigeria after a bus collides with an oil tanker
Minnesota manager Ron Gardenhire picks up the 1,000th win of his MLB career as the Twins score a 7 - 3 victory over the Cleveland Indians
Rolling Stone Magazine retracts its "Rape on Campus" story about a gang rape at the University of Virginia after being discredited
OKC guard Russell Westbrook becomes first player in NBA history to average a triple-double for the third consecutive season during the Thunder's 123-110 win at home over Detroit Pistons
India records over 100,000 new daily COVID cases for the first time, more than half in the state of Maharashtra, which begins a new lockdown
Shanghai lockdown extended to cover the whole city as COVID-19 cases increase, as China remains one of the last to employ a "zero-Covid" system [1]
New York region hit by a 4.8 magnitude earthquake, with multiple aftershocks. One of the largest earthquakes for a century in the area. [1]
Floods affecting half of Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, are reported to have killed 33 people, amid claims the climate crisis is making flooding worse [1]