Editing August 5 (section)

===Pre-1600===
* [[553]] &ndash; [[Xiao Ji]], prince of the [[Liang dynasty]] (b. 508)
* [[642]] &ndash; [[Eowa of Mercia|Eowa]], king of [[Mercia]]
*   642   &ndash; [[Oswald of Northumbria|Oswald]], king of [[Kingdom of Northumbria|Northumbria]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cheney |first1=Christopher Robert |last2=Jones |first2=Michael |title=A Handbook of Dates: For Students of British History |date=6 April 2000 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-77845-9 |page=24 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9_Fakx-flCkC&pg=PA24 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[824]] &ndash; [[Emperor Heizei|Heizei]], Japanese emperor (b. 773)
* [[877]] &ndash; [[Ubayd Allah ibn Yahya ibn Khaqan]], Abbasid [[vizier]] 
* [[882]] &ndash; [[Louis III of France|Louis III]], Frankish king (b. 863)
* [[890]] &ndash; [[Ranulf II of Aquitaine|Ranulf II]], duke of [[Duchy of Aquitaine|Aquitaine]] (b. 850)
* [[910]] &ndash; [[Eowils and Halfdan]], joint kings of Northumbria
*   910   &ndash; [[Ingwær]], king of Northumbria
* [[917]] &ndash; [[Euthymius I of Constantinople]] (b. 834)
* [[940]] &ndash; [[Li Decheng]], Chinese general (b. 863)
*[[1063]] &ndash; [[Gruffydd ap Llywelyn]], [[King of Gwynedd]]
*[[1364]] &ndash; [[Emperor Kōgon|Kōgon]], Japanese emperor (b. 1313)
*[[1415]] &ndash; [[Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge]] (b. 1375)
*  1415   &ndash; [[Henry Scrope, 3rd Baron Scrope of Masham]] (b. 1370)
*[[1447]] &ndash; [[John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter]] (b. 1395)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Griffiths |first1=R. A. |title=Holland [Holand], John, first duke of Exeter (1395–1447), soldier and magnate |date=3 January 2008 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/13530}}</ref>
*[[1579]] &ndash; [[Stanislaus Hosius]], Polish cardinal (b. 1504)
*[[1600]] &ndash; [[John Ruthven, 3rd Earl of Gowrie]], Scottish conspirator (b. 1577)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Juhala |first1=Amy L. |title=Ruthven, John, third earl of Gowrie (1577/8–1600), magnate and alleged conspirator |date=2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/24371}}</ref>