歷史上的January 5

　　January 5 is the fifth day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 360 days remaining until the end of the year (361 in leap years).

　　Events：

　　1066 – Edward the Confessor dies childless, sparking a succession crisis that will eventually lead to the Norman conquest of England.

　　1477 – Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is killed and Burgundy becomes part of France.

　　1500 – Duke Ludovico Sforza conquers Milan.

　　1527 – Felix Manz, a leader of the Anabaptist congregation in Zürich, Switzerland, is executed by drowning.

　　1554 – A great fire occurs in Eindhoven, Netherlands.

　　1675 – Battle of Colmar: the French army beats Brandenburg.

　　1757 – Louis XV of France survives an assassination attempt by Robert-François Damiens, the last person to beexecuted in France by drawing and quartering, the traditional and gruesome form of capital punishment used forregicides.

　　1781 – American Revolutionary War: Richmond, Virginia, is burned by British naval forces led by Benedict Arnold.

　　1846 – The United States House of Representatives votes to stop sharing the Oregon Territory with the United Kingdom.

　　1875 – The Palais Garnier, one of the most famous opera houses in the world, is inaugurated in Paris.