What happened on 5 August?

11 events from the Ever-When timeline, ranked by how much they mattered.

1. 1914 German East Africa campaign Lettow-Vorbeck's German forces in East Africa fight on until November 1918.
2. 1906 Persian Constitutional Revolution Mass protests force the Qajar shah to grant a constitution and parliament — Asia's first constitutional revolution.
3. 1965 Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 Second Kashmir war; ends with Tashkent Declaration.
4. 2019 Abrogation of Article 370 Modi government revokes Jammu & Kashmir's special status.
5. 1974 The 'smoking gun' tape is released The tape of 23 June 1972 — six days after the break-in — catches Nixon ordering the CIA to block the FBI's investigation. It proves he ran the cover-up from the start and has lied
6. 1772 First Partition of Poland Russia, Prussia, and Austria seize a third of Poland; Prussia gains Royal Prussia, connecting Brandenburg to East Prussia.
7. 1850 Born: Guy de Maupassant Master of the French short story; protégé of Flaubert.
8. 1925 Plaid Cymru founded The Party of Wales is founded to promote Welsh self-government and the Welsh language.
9. 1914 The forts of Liège hold up the German advance The war's first battle: Belgium's ring fortress at Liège resists the German right wing for eleven days until Krupp's monster siege guns — the first Big Berthas — smash the forts on
10. 1392 The madness of Charles VI Riding through a forest near Le Mans, the young King of France suddenly kills four of his own men in a frenzy — the first attack of a madness that recurs for thirty years, sometime
11. 2024 Bangladesh revolution A student-led uprising ousts long-ruling PM Sheikh Hasina, who flees the country amid mass protests.