Historical Events In December - 05

0663  On this day in history fourth Council of Toledo takes place.  

0749  Saint John of Damascus, theologian on December - 05.  

0771  On December - 05 charlemagne becomes the sole King of the Franks after the death of his brother Carloman.  

1082  Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona is assassinated on this day in history.  

1082  Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona on this day in history.  

1212  Derek II of Are, Bishop of Utrecht (1197-1212), dies on December - 05.  

1244  On December - 05 johanna of Constantinople, countess of Flanders (1205-44), dies  

1301  On this day in history pope Boniface VIII's degree Ausculta fili (only nominee)  

1349  On December - 05 jews are massacred at Nuremberg in Black death riots  

1349  On December - 05 500 Jews of Nuremberg massacre during Black Death riots  

1355  On December - 05 jan III, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies  

1360  The French Franc is created on December - 05.  

1408  On this day in history emir Edigu of Golden Horde reaches Moscow.  

1448  Bishop Jona of Moscow chosen as metropolitan of Kiev/Intoxication on December - 05.  

1456  Earthquake strikes Naples; about 35,000 die on this day in history.  

1492  Columbus discovers Hispaniola (El Espanola) (Haiti) on December - 05.  

1492  Columbus discovers Hispaniola (El Espanola/Haiti) on this day in history.  

1496  On this day in history jews are expelled from Portugal by order of King Manuel I  

1545  On this day in history janus Dousa, [Johan van de Does], Dutch politician/poet  

1547  Ubbo Emmius, [van Embden], Dutch-Frisian humanist/historian on December - 05.  

1560  On this day in history francois II, King of France (1559-60), dies at 16  

1590  On December - 05 niccolo Sfondrati chosen Pope Gregory XIV  

1594  Gerardus Mercator, Flemish philosopher/cartographer, dies at 82 on this day in history.  

1602  On December - 05 giulio Caccini's "Euridice," premieres in Florence  

1654  On December - 05 jean François Sarrazin, French writer  

1661  Robert Haley, earl of Oxford/English premier (Whig, 1710-14) on December - 05.  

1663  On this day in history severo Bonini, composer, dies at 80  

1666  On December - 05 francesco Antonio Nicola Scarlotti, composer  

1675  On this day in history john Lightfoot, English theologist (Horae Hebraicae), dies at 73  

1687  Francesco Xaverio Geminiani, composer on this day in history.  

1697  On December - 05 carlo Arrigoni, composer  

1724  On December - 05 joseph Friebert, composer  

1741  -6] Russian princess Elisabeth Petrovna grabs powers on December - 05.  

1745  Christoph Forster, composer, dies at 52 on December - 05.  

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1377  Jianwen Emperor of China (d. 1402) was born on December - 05.  

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 December - 05 birth of ashikaga Yoshiaki, Japanese shogun (d. 1597)  

1539  On this day in history birth of fausto Paolo Sozzini, Italian theologian (d. 1604)  

1545  Janus Dousa, [Johan van de Does], Dutch politician/poet was born on this day in history.  

1547  On this day in history birth of ubbo Emmius, [van Embden], Dutch-Frisian humanist/historian  

1661  On December - 05 birth of robert Haley, earl of Oxford/English premier (Whig, 1710-14)  

0749  Death of Saint John of Damascus, theologian on December - 05.  

1082  On this day in history death of ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona  

1212  Derek II of Are, Bishop of Utrecht (1197-1212), dies on this day in history.  

1244  On December - 05 johanna of Constantinople, countess of Flanders (1205-44), dies  

1355  On December - 05 jan III, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies  

1560  Francois II, King of France (1559-60), dies at 16 on December - 05.  

1570  Death of Johan Friis, Danish statesman (b. 1494) on this day in history.  

1594  Gerardus Mercator, Flemish philosopher/cartographer, dies at 82 on December - 05.