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August 5

August 5 is the 217th day of the year (218th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 148 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 AD 25 ??? Guangwu claims the throne as Emperor of China, restoring the Han dynasty after the collapse of the short-lived Xin dynasty. 70 ??? Fires resulting from the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem are extinguished. 642 ??? Battle of Maserfield: Penda of Mercia defeats and kills Oswald of Northumbria. 910 ??? The last major Danish army to raid England for nearly a century is defeated at the Battle of Tettenhall by the allied forces of Mercia and Wessex, led by King Edward the Elder and ??thelred, Lord of the Mercians. 939 ??? The Battle of Alhandic is fought between Ramiro II of Le??n and Abd-ar-Rahman III at Zamora in the context of the Spanish Reconquista. The battle resulted in a victory for the Emirate...

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