October 5 in History
5 October in History – 106 years ago
Southern Asia 1918: Capture of Damascus
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Ending on 5 October 1897
All Events on 5 October
ends
2006
NATO takes over command in Afghanistan
ends
1988
Fernando de Noronha separate Brazilian territory
starts
1970
Québec nationalists attempt to seize power
ends
1961
Egypt in union with Syria (United Arab Republic)
1942
Xinjiang rejoins Nationalist China
ends
1942
Germans raid Kara Sea
1937
US President Franklin Roosevelt calls for for an international “quarantine of the aggressor nations”
1918
Arabs proclaim independence of Syria
1908
Bulgaria declares independence from Ottoman Empire
ends
1897
Brazil crushes rebel Canudos settlement
ends
1877
Nez Perce War
1853
Ottoman Empire declares war on Russia
starts
1847
Tuscany annexes Lucca; Parma & Modena revise borders
starts
1838
Cherokee War in Texas
ends
1831
Rebellion against Russian rule in Poland
ends
1828
Egypt intervenes in Greece to assist Ottomans
starts
1808
British temporarily occupy Capri
starts
413
Goths unsuccessfully besiege Massilia*
235
Romans defeat Germanic tribes at Harzhorn*
starts
225
Saba’ and Himyar defeat Hadramawt*
*Actual date uncertain; set to 5 October for purposes of Omniatlas
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