January 5 in History: Events

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The published January 5 chronology runs from 1018 to 2025, a span of 1,007 years. It contains 92 sourced records across 33 countries and 9 event categories. These figures describe the current collection, not all events that occurred on this date.

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Most represented topics

Politics & society · 33 records
War & conflict · 28 records
Disasters · 8 records
Sport · 7 records

Most represented countries

United States · 19 records
France · 4 records
Taiwan · 3 records
United Kingdom · 3 records
Canada · 2 records

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These pairs share a category and calendar date; the pairing does not imply a historical connection.

War & conflict: Hammadid–Zirid War (1018) and 2023 Sinaloa unrest (2023) appear 1,005 years apart in this collection.
Exploration: Olonets expedition (1657) (1657) and A launch of the communication satellite GSAT-14 aboard the GSLV MK.II D5 marks the first successful flight of an Indian cryogenic engine (2014) appear 357 years apart in this collection.
Politics & society: January 1789 Speaker of the British House of Commons election (1789) and Karanpur holds its delayed Rajasthan assembly vote (2024) appear 235 years apart in this collection.

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January 5 historical events

1018 — Hammadid–Zirid War

The Hammadid–Zirid War was the first in a series of conflicts between Hammadid and Zirid forces. It lasted from Hammad's removal of allegiance to the Fatimid Caliph and his submission to the Abbasids in 1014 until the recognition of Hammadid independence with the treaty between the two dynasties on 5 January 1018.

Algeria · War & conflict · Checked 2026-09-23

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January 5 historical events

1018 — Hammadid–Zirid War

1444 — Battle of Kunovica

1477 — Battle of Nancy

1657 — Olonets expedition (1657)

1659 — Battle of Khajwa

1675 — Battle of Turckheim

1675 — Turenne's winter campaign

1757 — Louis XV of France survives an assassination attempt by Robert-François Damiens, who becomes the last person to be executed in France by drawing and quartering (the traditional form of capital punishment used for regicides)

1789 — January 1789 Speaker of the British House of Commons election

1809 — Treaty of the Dardanelles

1814 — Battle of Puruarán

1822 — The Consultive Junta of Guatemala City approves annexation to the Mexican Empire

1829 — 1829 Maryland gubernatorial election

1835 — 1835 Maryland gubernatorial election

1846 — 1846 Louisiana gubernatorial election

1855 — Battle of La Palma

1858 — 1858 Victoria colonial by-election

1862 — Battle of Hancock

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

1879 — 1879 French Senate election

1891 — 1891 Calgary municipal election

1901 — 1901 Auburn, Alabama municipal election

1911 — Kappa Alpha Psi is founded at Indiana University Bloomington

1912 — The Sixth All-Russian RSDLP conference opens in Prague

1914 — Ford announces its five-dollar workday

1915 — Second Battle of Edea

1919 — 1919 Polish coup attempt

1919 — Battle of Vilnius (January 1919)

1919 — 1919 Baden state election

1919 — 1918 Copa Aldao

1919 — Establishment of German Workers' Party

1920 — Battle of Daugavpils

1925 — Nellie Tayloe Ross takes office as the first woman governor in the United States

1933 — Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge begins

1941 — Battle of Bardia

1941 — Aviator Amy Johnson disappears over the Thames Estuary

1945 — Battle of Bure

1949 — Truman presents the Fair Deal in his State of the Union address

1957 — 1956–57 Durand Cup final

1957 — Eisenhower presents his proposed Middle East policy to Congress

1964 — Central African presidential election, 1964

1967 — The first Alpine Ski World Cup race is held in Berchtesgaden

1968 — Alexander Dubček begins his term as First Secretary

1969 — Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701

1969 — The Soviet Union launches Venera 5 toward Venus

1970 — 1970 Tonghai earthquake

1970 — 1970 Stockholm Spantax Convair CV-990 crash

1972 — The United States announces approval to develop the Space Shuttle

1975 — Tasman Bridge disaster

1976 — Kingsmill massacre

1976 — The Khmer Rouge abolished the Royal Government of National Union of Kampuchea (GRUNK; established in 1970) and promulgated the Constitution of Democratic Kampuchea on 5 January 1976

1991 — South Ossetia war (1991–1992)

1991 — Somali Civil War: The United States Embassy to Somalia in Mogadishu is evacuated by helicopter airlift days after the outbreak of violence in Mogadishu

1993 — The oil tanker Braer runs aground off Shetland

1996 — House Party (1996)

2003 — Tel Aviv central bus station massacre

2003 — 2002–03 Lithuanian presidential election

2003 — Shenzhou 4 capsule lands in Inner Mongolia

2004 — An arson attack injures 14 on a Hong Kong MTR train

2005 — The dwarf planet Eris is discovered by Palomar Observatory-based astronomers, later motivating the International Astronomical Union (IAU) to define the term planet for the first time

2006 — Gimry fighting

2007 — 2007 Xinjiang raid

2007 — Taiwan High Speed Rail starts passenger service

2011 — 2011 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election

2013 — Death of Leung Ping-kwan

2014 — Bangladeshi general election, 2014

2014 — A launch of the communication satellite GSAT-14 aboard the GSLV MK.II D5 marks the first successful flight of an Indian cryogenic engine

2014 — The Brother Elephants announce the name CTBC Brothers

2015 — 2015 Nampala raid

2015 — 2015 New South Wales Labor Party leadership election

2016 — La Copa Junior (2016)

2018 — 2018 Juba raid

2018 — Operation Cartenz's Peace

2019 — NWA New Years Clash

2020 — 2020 MFF Charity Cup