394 CE
Battle of the Frigidus
Battle · Europe
On this day
5 September
292 events in the atlas are dated to 5 September, from 394 CE to 2026. The best known come first; below them is every one, age by age, the most significant first.
- 292 events
- 394 – 2026 CE
The best known
From every age and part of the world1781
Battle of the Chesapeake
Battle · North America
1809
Treaty of Fredrikshamn
Treaty · Europe
1972
Munich massacre
Attack · Europe
1992
Hurricane Iniki
Natural disaster
2021
2021 Guinean coup d'état
Political · Sub-Saharan Africa
Antiquity
to 500 CE · 1 eventThe Middle Ages
501 – 1500 CE · 7 events- 13871387 Aden (Adan) earthquakeNatural disaster · Middle East
- 839 CEFounding of Duchy of AmalfiFounding · Europe
- 1395Fall of Signoria of MilanCollapse · Europe
- 1449Battle of SomošeBattle · Europe
- 1494Battle of RapalloBattle · Europe
- 1417Siege of Bayeux (1417)Siege · Europe
- 1278Fall of Comune of BolognaCollapse
Early modern times
1501 – 1800 · 28 events- 1634Battle of NördlingenBattle · Europe
- 1781Battle of the ChesapeakeBattle · North America
- 15591559 papal conclaveElection · Europe
- 1697Battle of Hudson's BayBattle · North America
- 15901590 Croatia earthquakeNatural disaster · Europe
- 15961596 Fushimi earthquakeNatural disaster · East Asia
- 1798Battle of CollooneyBattle · Europe
- 1646Construction of Hôtel de Ville de LyonConstruction · Europe
- 1621Siege of JülichSiege · Europe · 1621 – 1622
- 1519Founding of BăjeștiFounding · Europe
The 19th century
1801 – 1900 · 24 events- 1809Treaty of FredrikshamnTreaty · Europe
- 1866General Sherman incidentBattle · East Asia
- 18221822 Dimashq (Damascus) earthquakeNatural disaster · Middle East
- 1812Siege of Fort WayneSiege · North America
- 1861Battle of AnqingBattle · East Asia
- 1858Battle of Spokane PlainsBattle · North America
- 1812solar eclipse of September 5, 1812Event
- 1812Battle of ŠevardinoBattle
- 1900Construction of Fujita StationConstruction · East Asia
- 1897Battle of AliagaBattle · Southeast Asia
The 20th century
1901 – 2000 · 129 events- 1972Munich massacreAttack · Europe
- 1905Treaty of PortsmouthTreaty · North America
- 1992Hurricane InikiNatural disaster
- 1986Pan Am Flight 73Accident · South Asia
- 1905Hibiya incendiary incidentProtest · East Asia
- 1975Gerald Ford assassination attempt in SacramentoNatural disaster · North America
- 1943Landing at NadzabBattle · Oceania
- 1971Hurricane EdithNatural disaster
- 1987Battle of Maaten al-SarraBattle · North Africa
- 1941Finnish reconquest of the Karelian IsthmusEvent · Europe
The 21st century
since 2001 · 103 events- 2014Minsk ProtocolTreaty · Europe
- 2002Beltway sniper attacksAttack · North America
- 20212021 Guinean coup d'étatPolitical · Sub-Saharan Africa
- 2003Typhoon MaemiEvent
- 2005Mandala Airlines Flight 091Accident · Southeast Asia
- 20132013 G20 Saint Petersburg summitPolitical · Europe
- 20222022 Luding earthquakeNatural disaster · East Asia
- 2023Hurricane LeeNatural disaster
- 20122012 Costa Rica earthquakeNatural disaster · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
- 2012Annecy shootingsPolitical · Europe
About the dates
Each event is listed under the date its sources give, as its page shows it. Before 1582, and in some countries later (Britain until 1752, Russia until 1918), that is a date of the Julian calendar, as on Wikipedia’s pages for each day.