December 5
5 December is the 339th day of the Gregorian Calendar ( 340th in leap years), thus 26 days remain until the end of the year.
- 3.1 Before the 19th century
- 3.2 19th century
- 3.3 20th century
- 3.4 21st century
Events
Politics and World Affairs
- 63 BC: Cicero holds the last of his speeches against Catiline. Cato's expression subsequently causes the imposition of the death penalty for the conspirators of the attempted coup in the Roman Empire.
- 1082: Ramon Berenguer II, one of two counts of Barcelona, is killed during a hunt. Popular opinion holds his twin brother Berengar Raymond II for the instigators, because he aspires to power in Catalonia.
- 1212: The Hohenstaufen Frederick II confirmed in a by-election in Frankfurt am Main as king.
- 1408: After the conquest of Novgorod and Nizhny Perejaslavls the Emir Edigü appears with his Golden Horde in front of Moscow. However, it takes place in the sequence after the payment of 3000 rubles ransom back.
Economy
Science and Technology
Culture
Religion
Disasters
Minor accidents are listed in the sub- items of disaster.
Sports
Entries of Athletics world records are located under the respective discipline under Athletics.
Born
Before the 19th century
19th century
20th century
1901-1950
1951-2000
Died
Before the 19th century
- 0063 BC: Gaius Cornelius Cethegus, Roman politician
- 0063 BC: Publius Cornelius Lentulus Sura, Roman politician
- 0030 BC: Sujin, Japanese Tenno
- 0749: John of Damascus, Orthodox theologian
- 1242: Al- Mustansir, Abbasid Caliph
- 1392: Everhard of Westerville Home, Auxiliary Bishop of Köln
- 1503 Johann donor, Auxiliary Bishop of Köln
- 1550: Lorenz Fries, Würzburg fürstbischöflicher Council, historian and chronicler
- 1590: Johann Habermann, German theologian, writer edification and Hebraist
- 1594: Jerome Nymmann, German physicians
- 1624: Caspar ileocecal, Swiss anatomist and botanist
- 1686: Niels Stensen, Danish bishop and scientist
- 1722: Marie- Anne de La Trémoille, French aristocrats, chamber lady of Queen Maria Luisa of Savoy
- 1734: Joseph Vivien, French portraitist
- 1779: Herman Antonin Jelinek, Czech composer and violinist
- 1784: Phillis Wheatley, Senegalese- American poet
- 1787: Sven bearing Bring, Swedish historian
- 1791: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, composer from Salzburg
19th century
20th century
Władysław Reymont († 1916)
Claude Monet († 1926)
Aurobindo Ghose († 1950)
21st Century
- 2001: Anton Benya, Austrian politician
- 2002: Heinrich Wilhelm Ahrens, German lawyer, businessman and manager
- 2002: Bob Berg, American jazz musician
- 2002: Ne Win, Myanmar Politicians
- 2004: Annette Meeuvissen, German touring car driver
- 2005: Wilfried Bauer, German Photographer
- 2005: Frits Philips, Dutch industrialist
- 2006: Basil Streithofen, German Dominican priest, theologian, sociologist and publicist
- 2006: David Bronstein, Russian chess grandmaster
- 2006: Gernot Jurtin, Austrian football player
- 2007: Karl Heinz Stockhausen, German composer
- 2007: Hans Rudolf Zöbeley, German composer, choral conductor and church musician
- 2008: Alexius II head of the Russian Orthodox Church
- 2008: George Brecht, American Fluxus artist
- 2008: Bernd Niestroj, German TV journalist
- 2009: Alfred Hrdlicka, the Austrian artist
- 2009: Jörg Huffschmid, German economist
- 2009: Otto Graf Lambsdorff, German politician, Member of Parliament, Federal Minister
- 2009: Jack Rose, American guitarist
- 2011: Berni Kalb, German author
- 2012: Dave Brubeck, American jazz pianist
- 2012: Oscar Niemeyer, Brazilian architect
- 2013: Förg, German visual artist
- 2013: Barry Jackson, British actor
- 2013: Nelson Mandela, South African anti-apartheid fighters, President and Nobel Peace
- 2013: Erich Schmeil, German football player
- 2013: Colin Wilson, English writer
Holidays and observances
- Religious observances Aloys Henhöfer, German minister ( Protestant)
- Saint Anno II, German theologian and bishop (Catholic (only in Germany ) )
- Name Days Gerald Hartwig, Reinhard
- Anniversaries of international organizations International Volunteer Day (UN ) (since 1986)
- Customs Nicholas Eve
- More information for the day World Soil Day ( IUSS )
More entries contains the list of commemorative and Action days.
- Day
- Day in December