On this day
October 5
6 documented events on this date, in every year the chronology covers.
- October 5, 1836Levi St. John arrived with his family at Rock River and went into a log house with his brother.Rock CountyGrade A · 1 independent source
- October 5, 1846The first Constitutional Convention assembled at Madison to draft a state constitution (the act specified the first Monday in October). One 1908 passage instead states that the convention met in December 1846.The regionGrade A · 2 independent sources
- October 5, 1853The Supervisors of the town of Beloit passed a resolution to issue bonds to the Racine & Mississippi Railroad Company.BeloitGrade A · 1 independent source
- October 5, 1864Rock County soldiers of the First Wisconsin Heavy Artillery were killed and wounded at Allatoona, Georgia, including Marcus Amsden, C. Fogle, W. Bartow, David C. Davy, Alva P. Hamilton, W. Chase, Joseph W. Chase, Samuel H. Doolittle and others.Nation and worldGrade A · 2 independent sources
Born on this day, elsewhere
People who later came to Rock County.
- October 5, 1841A Lima Center-area resident was born in Wyoming Co., Penn.