353 Historic Events for December 5
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| 1212 |
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Derek II of Are, Bishop of Utrecht (1197-1212), dies
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| 1244 |
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Johanna of Constantinople, countess of Flanders (1205-44), dies
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| 1301 |
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Pope Boniface VIII's degree Ausculta fili (only nominee)
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| 1349 |
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500 Jews of Nuremberg massacre during Black Death riots
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| 1355 |
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Jan III, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies
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| 1448 |
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Bishop Jona of Moscow chosen as metropolitan of Kiev/Intoxication
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| 1456 |
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Earthquake strikes Naples; about 35,000 die
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| 1492 |
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Columbus discovers Hispaniola (El Espa¤ola/Haiti)
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| 1496 |
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Jews are expelled from Portugal by order of King Manuel I
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| 1545 |
Birth |
Janus Dousa, [Johan van de Does], Dutch politician/poet
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| 1547 |
Birth |
Ubbo Emmius, [van Embden], Dutch-Frisian humanist/historian
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| 1560 |
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Fran‡ois II, King of France (1559-60), dies at 16
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| 1590 |
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Niccol• Sfondrati chosen Pope Gregory XIV
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| 1594 |
Death |
Gerardus Mercator, Flemish philosopher/cartographer, dies at 82
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| 1602 |
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Giulio Caccini's "Euridice," premieres in Florence
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| 1661 |
Birth |
Robert Haley, earl of Oxford/English premier (Whig, 1710-14)
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| 1663 |
Death |
Severo Bonini, composer, dies at 80
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| 1666 |
Birth |
Francesco Antonio Nicola Scarlotti, composer
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| 1675 |
Death |
John Lightfoot, English theologist (Horae Hebraicae), dies at 73
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| 1687 |
Birth |
Francesco Xaverio Geminiani, composer
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| 1697 |
Birth |
Carlo Arrigoni, composer
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| 1697 |
Birth |
Giuseppe de Majo, composer
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| 1724 |
Birth |
Joseph Friebert, composer
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| 1741 |
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-6] Russian princess Elisabeth Petrovna grabs powers
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| 1745 |
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Christoph Forster, composer, dies at 52
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