January 5 in History

Felix was chosen as Pope in succession to Pope Dionysius

Edward the Confessor entrusts the kingdom to Harold on his deathbed, strengthening Harold's immediate claim to the throne.

Charles expansionist strategy suffers a first setback when his attack on the Archbishopric of Cologne fails after the unsuccessful Siege of Neuss

Dies in battle retreating from the Swiss advance into Burgundian territory

The Duchy of Burgundy and several other Burgundian lands become part of France, while the Burgundian lands in The Netherlands and the Franche Comte are inherited by Charless daughter, and eventually pass to the House of Habsburg

The Duchy of Burgundy and several other Burgundian lands become part of France, while the Burgundian lands in The Netherlands and the Franche Comte are inherited by Charless daughter, and eventually pass to the House of Habsburg

10-12,000 men from Lorraine and 10,000 Confederation Swiss mercenaries smash the Burgundian army of Charles the Bold that is besieging Nancy

Raises 10000-12000 men from Lorraine, & the Lower Union (of the Rhine) & 8400 Confederation Swiss mercenaries to his banner, reaches Nancy

Secures the election of his younger brother Ferdinand as King of the Romans

Penington supports City resistance to royal efforts to capture the parliamentary leaders.

Succeeds as Emperor of Japan after the abdication of Go-Komyo

Supports learned publishing and royal intellectual policy in France.

Edits the first issue of the Journal des Savants.

Rules as the Journal des Savants begins publication.

The Journal des Savants begins publication as one of Europe's first learned journals.

Appointed Controller General of Finance

Appointed Major, Twentieth Foot

Completes Piano Concerto No 27 in B-flat major.

The Council of State supports Napoleon's mass deportations against the "Jacobins"

Nelson lies in state before his funeral.

The revolutionary disturbances began on January 5 with a civil disobedience strike in Lombardy, as citizens stopped smoking and playing the lottery, which denied Austria the associated tax revenue

Secures a second concession clarifying company powers and obligations for construction of the canal.

Issues a second canal concession requiring equal access for merchant vessels.

Approves a second concession defining the Suez Canal Company's rights and obligations under Egyptian authority.

Cuza is elected Prince of Moldavia, advancing the unionist programme.

Publishes an article on a British public meeting expressing support for the United States.

Participates in a reunion of the emigration representatives, in Cayo Hueso, where the Bases del Partido Revolucionario (Basis of the Cuban Revolutionary Party) is passed. Helps found the Cuban Revolutionary Party to campaign for independence for Cuba

The relief ship Morning returned, this time with a second ship, the Terra Nova.

Carden replies that a sudden rush through the Straits is impracticable but sustained operations with sufficient force may succeed.

Carden proposes reducing forts, suppressing mobile guns and clearing minefields rather than attempting a rapid passage.

Reports that the volunteer system has created forces far larger than Britain possessed before the war.

The 62nd and 53rd Infantry Division entered Montenegro on 5 January 1916 from the North-East and advanced along the river towards Pljevlja and Bijelo Polje, where they were stopped by the Montenegrins in the Battle of Mojkovac

Takes command the 6th Royal Scots Fusiliers

Introduces legislation imposing compulsory service on eligible unmarried men after the Derby Scheme.

Attends Allied discussions in Rome and argues for greater attention to the Italian front.

Outlines his war aims in a speech to TU delegates at Central Hall, Westminster

British troops capture two German posts near Beaumont-Hamel.

The Constituent Assembly in which the Bolsheviks are a minority meets for one day before being suppressed

The Constituent Assembly in which the Bolsheviks are a minority meets for one day before being suppressed

Chernov is elected chairman when the Constituent Assembly finally meets with a Socialist Revolutionary majority.

Criticizes Bolshevik dictatorship and supports a non-Bolshevik socialist alternative

A General strike & communist uprising takes place in Berlin

The German Workers Party has its 1st meeting at the Furstenfelder-Hof. Helps founds the German Workers Party, forerunner of the Nazi Party

A General strike & communist uprising takes place in Berlin

Appointed Governor of Wyoming, 1st female Governor in the USA

The over-65s receive first state pensions

Visits Leon Blum

Plans a counter-offensive at the meeting of the Stavka & State Defence Committee

Plans a counter-offensive at the meeting of the Stavka & State Defence Committee

Fighting around Hankou shows the fragility of local ceasefire arrangements

Local clashes around Hankou illustrate the breakdown of peace efforts

The National Government formally recognises the independence of Outer Mongolia under the Sino-Soviet Treaty framework

Comecon is established at a Moscow economic conference January 5-January 8, 1949, at which the six founding member countries are represented

Comecon is established at a Moscow economic conference January 5-January 8, 1949, at which the six founding member countries are represented

Ioannis Theotokis heads a caretaker government.

The Executive Yuan announces the first Four-Year Economic Development Plan, beginning a sustained program of state-directed economic development.

Issues a statement to protect Middle East countries from Communism. Chief architect of the Eisenhower Doctrine

Asks Congress for authority to provide economic and military assistance to Middle Eastern states threatened by communist aggression.

Resigns, has a more austere view of the economy than McMillan

Serves briefly as prime minister after the revolution.

A Soviet agency described as the Red Cross gave Lee 5,000 rubles before his relocation from Moscow to Minsk.

Appointed Prime Minister of Turkey, 2nd term

Kerensky records his position on government defence in exile.

Zhang Chunqiao supports the seizure of power from Shanghai party authorities

Wang Hongwen helps organise radical workers during the January Storm in Shanghai

Yao Wenyuan supports radical propaganda during the Shanghai January Storm

Becomes party leader and begins the Prague Spring.

17 spies go on trial, 14 are hung

11 Jewish spies are hung & left suspended in Liberation Sqr

Starts when Alexander Dubcek comes to power and runs until August 20 when the Soviet Union and its Warsaw Pact allies (except for Romania) invade the country

Becomes leader of Czechoslovakia during reform period.

17 spies go on trial, 14 are hung

Starts when Alexander Dubcek comes to power and runs until August 20 when the Soviet Union and its Warsaw Pact allies (except for Romania) invade the country

Venera 5 launches with a strengthened atmospheric capsule designed to survive deeper into Venus's dense atmosphere.

Authorizes a $5.5B space shuttle program. Approves the Space Shuttle Project

Releases Greetings from Asbury Park NJ, his debut album on Columbia Records.

Is sworn in as United States Senator from Delaware.

The NV attack on Phuoc Long starts the 3rd Indochina War

Anew constitution comes into effect in Democratic Kampuchea

Releases Desire.

Releases Hurricane, a song about Rubin Carter.

Democratic Kampuchea constitution adopted

Khmer Rouge intensify anti-Vietnam propaganda

Appointed Prime Minister of Turkey, 3rd term

Pym becomes leader of the Commons, Nott Defence Secretary & Britain Chief Sec

Appointed Leader of the House of Commons

St John Stevas & Maude leave the Government

Receives Council action deploring Israeli deportations from occupied Palestinian territory.

Appointed Foreign Minister

Announces his resignation

Appointed Minister of Defence

Appointed Minister of Defence

Jet fighters Battle for first time in six years over Iraqi no-fly zone

Appointed Governor of Florida

Sworn in as Governor of California

Sworn in as Governor of Nevada

Sworn in as Governor of Minnesota

Sworn in as Governor of Florida

Appointed Minister of Defence

Vajpayee and Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf agree to resume a structured peace dialogue.

Libyan officials provide information about foreign suppliers involved in nuclear procurement.

Officials declare Pakistani scientists gave Libya technology to build nuclear weapons

Investigators identify Pakistani-linked technology supplied to Libya's former nuclear programme.

Pakistan investigates allegations that nuclear technology was transferred to Libya and other states.

Musharraf and Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee agree to resume a peace dialogue.

Brown and colleagues identify Eris in earlier Palomar survey images after recognizing its slow motion against background stars.

GSLV-D5 flies successfully with an indigenous cryogenic upper stage during K. Radhakrishnan's chairmanship.

Scowen helps lead new Hubble visible and infrared imaging of the Pillars of Creation, revealing finer structure and embedded stars.

Updates Parliament on negotiations and says the substance of an EU agreement matters more than speed.

Tottenham defeat Brentford to reach the League Cup final.

Alikhan Smailov becomes acting Prime Minister after Mamin resigns

Mamin's government resigns during nationwide unrest

Receives major awards attention for portraying Bob Dylan.

Burnham completes the return of Greater Manchester's bus network to local public control.

Appointed interim President of Venezuela after the removal of Nicolas Maduro

Birth of Richard of Cornwall, son of John I & Isabella dAngouleme

Birth of Shahabuddin Mohammed Shah Jahan

Birth of Conrad Adenauer, the "Old Fox"

Birth of Courtney Hicks Hodges

Birth of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto

Birth of Umberto Eco

Birth of Juan Carlos I

Edward the Confessor dies without a direct heir and the English succession becomes contested

The Bayeux Tapestry depicts the death and funeral of Edward the Confessor.

Death of Edward the Confessor

Edward the Confessor dies, opening the succession crisis in which William asserts his claim to the English throne.

Death of Edward, he nominates Harold his successor on his deathbed

Death of Charles the Bold, during the Battle of Nancy, end of the House of Burgundy

Death of Charles the Bold, during the Battle of Nancy

Death of Catherine de Medici, wife of Henry II

Death of Calvin Coolidge

Liston was at the end of his fighting career when he is found dead by his wife in their Las Vegas home, the time of death was placed as six to eight days prior to that

Dies at East Hendred in Oxfordshire after a heart attack

Death of Roy Jenkins

Dies in battle retreating from the Swiss advance into Burgundian territory. 10-12,000 men from Lorraine and 10,000 Confederation Swiss mercenaries smash the Burgundian army of Charles the Bold that is besieging Nancy

Final & decisive Battle of the Burgundy Wars, fought outside the walls of Nancy between Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, and Rene, Duke of Lorraine, Renes forces win the battle, Charles body is found 3 days later.

The Duchy of Burgundy and several other Burgundian lands become part of France, while the Burgundian lands in The Netherlands and the Franche Comte are inherited by Charless daughter, and eventually pass to the House of Habsburg.

The Montenegrin Army was weakened by the harsh weather and lack of supplies. On 5 January 1916, they received a command to protect the retreat of the Serbian army to Corfu via Albania

In the winter of 1915, the Army of Montenegro had been fighting Austro-Hungary for three months in Serbia. In January 1916 they had to resist the invasion of their own territory.

The 62nd and 53rd Infantry Division entered Montenegro on 5 January 1916 from the north-east and advanced along the river towards Pljevlja and Bijelo Polje, where they were stopped by the Montenegrins in the Battle of Mojkovacc.

The Austro-Hungarian forces left the battlefield, leaving more than 2,000 of their soldiers dead. By the end of the day, Montenegrin forces were able to push back multiple attacks made by Austro-Hungarian forces, taking back control of Mojkovacc and its surroundings.

The Battle of Mojkovacc was a World War I battle fought between 6 January and 7 January 1916 near Mojkovacc, Montenegro, between the armies of Austria-Hungary and Montenegro. It ended with a Montenegrin victory.

Kirovograd is liberated by the Russians