1377 On December - 05 birth of jianwen Emperor of China (d. 1402)
1443 On December - 05 birth of pope Julius II (d. 1513)
1495 On December - 05 birth of nicolas Cleynaerts, Flemish grammarian (d. 1542)
1537 On this day in history birth of ashikaga Yoshiaki, Japanese shogun (d. 1597)
1539 On this day in history birth of fausto Paolo Sozzini, Italian theologian (d. 1604)
1545 On December - 05 birth of janus Dousa, [Johan van de Does], Dutch politician/poet
1547 Ubbo Emmius, [van Embden], Dutch-Frisian humanist/historian was born on December - 05.
1661 On December - 05 birth of robert Haley, earl of Oxford/English premier (Whig, 1710-14)
0749 On December - 05 death of saint John of Damascus, theologian
1082 Death of Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona on this day in history.
1212 On December - 05 derek II of Are, Bishop of Utrecht (1197-1212), dies
1244 On December - 05 johanna of Constantinople, countess of Flanders (1205-44), dies
1355 On this day in history jan III, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies
1560 On this day in history francois II, King of France (1559-60), dies at 16
1570 On December - 05 death of johan Friis, Danish statesman (b. 1494)
1594 Gerardus Mercator, Flemish philosopher/cartographer, dies at 82 on December - 05.