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This Day in History
Today: January 5, 2026
1477
Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is defeated and killed in a conflict with René II, Duke of Lorraine; Burgundy subsequently becomes part of France.[1]
1675
Battle of Colmar: The French army beats Brandenburg.[2]
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).[3]
1781
American Revolutionary War: Richmond, Virginia, is burned by British naval forces led by former American general Benedict Arnold.[4]
1822
The government of Central America votes for total annexation to the First Mexican Empire.[5]
1875
The Palais Garnier, one of the most famous opera houses in the world, is inaugurated in Paris.[6]
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