Historical Events In December - 05
Monday, 03 November 2025
0663 Fourth Council of Toledo takes place on this day in history. 

0749 On December - 05 saint John of Damascus, theologian 

0771 On this day in history 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 December - 05 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 Jan III, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies on December - 05. 

1360 The French Franc is created on this day in history. 

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 this day in history. 

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

1492 On this day in history columbus discovers Hispaniola (El Espanola) (Haiti) 

1492 On December - 05 columbus discovers Hispaniola (El Espanola/Haiti) 

1496 On December - 05 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 On this day in history ubbo Emmius, [van Embden], Dutch-Frisian humanist/historian 

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

1590 Niccolo Sfondrati chosen Pope Gregory XIV on this day in history. 

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 Severo Bonini, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history. 

1666 On this day in history francesco Antonio Nicola Scarlotti, composer 

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

1687 On December - 05 francesco Xaverio Geminiani, composer 

1697 On this day in history carlo Arrigoni, composer 

1724 On December - 05 joseph Friebert, composer 

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

1745 On this day in history christoph Forster, composer, dies at 52 

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