Deaths on August 5

Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge

Died on August 5, 1415

Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge (b. 1375)

Richard of Conisbrough, 3rd Earl of Cambridge (20 July 1385 – 5 August 1415) was the second son of Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, and Isabella of Castile, Duchess of York. He was beheaded for his part in the Southampton Plot, a conspiracy against King Henry V. He was the father of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, and the grandfather of King Edward IV and King Richard III.

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Jan Hus
Religious reformers John Wycliffe and Jan Hus are condemned as heretics at the Council of Constance.
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Henry the Navigator leads Portuguese forces to victory over the Marinids at the Battle of Ceuta.
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Hundred Years' War: Henry V of England and his lightly armoured infantry and archers defeat the heavily armoured French cavalry in the Battle of Agincourt on Saint Crispin's Day.

Deaths on August 5

Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge

Died on August 5, 1415

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