Historical Events In December - 05

0663  fourth Council of Toledo takes place.   

0749  Saint John of Damascus, theologian   

0771  Charlemagne is recorded as becoming the sole King of the Franks after the death of his brother Carloman   

1082  ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona is assassinated.   

1082  Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona   

1212  Derek II of Are, Bishop of Utrecht (1197-1212), dies   

1244  johanna of Constantinople, countess of Flanders (1205-44), dies.   

1301  Pope Boniface VIII's degree Ausculta fili (only nominee)   

1349  Jews are massacred at Nuremberg in Black death riots   

1349  500 Jews of Nuremberg massacre during Black Death riots   

1355  Jan III, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies   

1360  The French Franc is created   

1408  Emir Edigu of Golden Horde reaches Moscow   

1448  bishop Jona of Moscow chosen as metropolitan of Kiev/Intoxication.   

1456  earthquake strikes Naples; about 35000 die.   

1492  Columbus discovers Hispaniola (El Espanola) (Haiti)   

1492  columbus discovers Hispaniola (El Espanola/Haiti).   

1496  jews are expelled from Portugal by order of King Manuel I.   

1545  janus Dousa, [Johan van de Does], Dutch politician/poet.   

1547  ubbo Emmius, [van Embden], Dutch-Frisian humanist/historian.   

1560  francois II, King of France (1559-60), dies at 16.   

1590  Niccolo Sfondrati chosen Pope Gregory XIV   

1594  gerardus Mercator, Flemish philosopher/cartographer, dies at 82.   

1602  Giulio Caccini's "Euridice," premieres in Florence   

1654  Jean François Sarrazin, French writer   

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

1663  severo Bonini, composer, dies at 80.   

1666  francesco Antonio Nicola Scarlotti, composer.   

1675  john Lightfoot, English theologist (Horae Hebraicae), dies at 73.   

1687  francesco Xaverio Geminiani, composer.   

1697  Carlo Arrigoni, composer   

1724  Joseph Friebert, composer   

1741  -6] Russian princess Elisabeth Petrovna grabs powers.   

1745  christoph Forster, composer, dies at 52.   

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1377  On this day in history birth of jianwen Emperor of China (d. 1402)   

1443  Pope Julius II (d. 1513) was born on December - 05.   

1495  On this day in history birth of nicolas Cleynaerts, Flemish grammarian (d. 1542)   

1537  Ashikaga Yoshiaki, Japanese shogun (d. 1597) was born on December - 05.   

1539  Fausto Paolo Sozzini, Italian theologian (d. 1604) was born on December - 05.   

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

1547  Ubbo Emmius, [van Embden], Dutch-Frisian humanist/historian was born on this day in history.   

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

0749  On this day in history death of saint John of Damascus, theologian   

1082  Death of Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona on December - 05.   

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  Jan III, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies on this day in history.   

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

1570  On December - 05 death of johan Friis, Danish statesman (b. 1494)   

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