Events of the Day - 5 June

1288

Battle of Worringen: the area it took place is now part of which German city?

1316

Death of French king whose wife was convicted of adultery in the 'Tour de Nesle' affair

1409

Western Schism: in which Italian city does an ecumenical council depose both papal claimants and declare the Papacy empty?

1465

'Farce of Ávila': nobles crown Alfonso 'the Innocent' king. When he dies, to whom, longer-reigning, does his claim to the Castilian crown pass?

1646

Birth of Elena Cornaro Piscopia. She was the first woman to receive what degree?

1806

End of the Batavian Republic: in which modern country lay its territory?

1832

This Parisian revolt, depicted in Les Misérables, begins

1862

This treaty is signed, creating the French colony of Cochinchina and ceding the city from which it takes its name

1878

Birth of this famous general of the Mexican Revolution

1900

This South African city surrenders to British forces in the Second Anglo-Boer War

1916

Death of British general depicted on "Your country needs you!" posters

1959

This man, considered Singapore's founding father, begins his first term as Prime Minister

1967

This short war begins between Israel, Egypt, Syria and Jordan

1977

A coup led by the Prime Minister overthrows the President of this island country

1981

A US public health agency publishes a report on patients with rare pneumonia - later they are classed as first recognised cases of what disease?

1984

Under Operation Blue Star, fighting begins at this gurdwara in Amritsar

1989

A man in China is photographed standing in front of tanks near this public square

1997

Civil war begins in this Central African country

2004

Death of two-term American president who told Gorbachev to "tear down this wall"

2015

Ameenah Gurib-Fakim becomes the first female President of this African country