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12/05/1212
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Derek II of Are, Bishop of Utrecht (1197-1212), dies
Type: Death
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12/05/1244
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Johanna of Constantinople, countess of Flanders (1205-44), dies
Type: Death
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12/05/1301
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Pope Boniface VIII's degree Ausculta fili (only nominee)
Type: Event
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12/05/1349
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500 Jews of Nuremberg massacre during Black Death riots
Type: Event
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12/05/1355
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Jan III, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies
Type: Death
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12/05/1448
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Bishop Jona of Moscow chosen as metropolitan of Kiev/Intoxication
Type: Event
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12/05/1456
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Earthquake strikes Naples; about 35,000 die
Type: Event
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12/05/1492
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Columbus discovers Hispaniola (El Espa¤ola/Haiti)
Type: Event
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12/05/1496
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Jews are expelled from Portugal by order of King Manuel I
Type: Event
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12/05/1545
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Janus Dousa, [Johan van de Does], Dutch politician/poet
Type: Birth
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12/05/1547
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Ubbo Emmius, [van Embden], Dutch-Frisian humanist/historian
Type: Birth
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12/05/1560
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Fran‡ois II, King of France (1559-60), dies at 16
Type: Death
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12/05/1590
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Niccol• Sfondrati chosen Pope Gregory XIV
Type: Event
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12/05/1594
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Gerardus Mercator, Flemish philosopher/cartographer, dies at 82
Type: Death
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12/05/1602
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Giulio Caccini's "Euridice," premieres in Florence
Type: Event
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12/05/1661
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Robert Haley, earl of Oxford/English premier (Whig, 1710-14)
Type: Birth
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12/05/1663
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Severo Bonini, composer, dies at 80
Type: Death
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12/05/1666
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Francesco Antonio Nicola Scarlotti, composer
Type: Birth
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12/05/1675
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John Lightfoot, English theologist (Horae Hebraicae), dies at 73
Type: Death
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12/05/1687
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Francesco Xaverio Geminiani, composer
Type: Birth
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12/05/1697
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Carlo Arrigoni, composer
Type: Birth
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12/05/1697
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Giuseppe de Majo, composer
Type: Birth
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12/05/1724
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Joseph Friebert, composer
Type: Birth
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12/05/1741
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-6] Russian princess Elisabeth Petrovna grabs powers
Type: Event
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12/05/1745
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Christoph Forster, composer, dies at 52
Type: Death
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12/05/1757
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Battle at Leuthen: Prussian army beats Austrians
Type: Event
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12/05/1758
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Johann Friedrich Fasch, composer, dies at 70
Type: Death
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12/05/1766
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London auctioneers Christie's hold their 1st sale
Type: Event
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12/05/1770
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James Stirling, Scot mathematician (Formula of Stirling), dies at 78
Type: Death
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12/05/1776
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1st US fraternity, Phi Beta Kappa (William and Mary College), forms
Type: Event
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12/05/1782
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Martin Van Buren, Kinderhook NY, (D) 8th pres (1837-41)
Type: Birth
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12/05/1784
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Phillis Wheatley, 1st important black poet in America, dies in Boston
Type: Death
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12/05/1786
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Henry Drummond, English banker/apostole
Type: Birth
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12/05/1791
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, composer, dies in Vienna Austria at 35
Type: Death
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12/05/1792
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George Washington re-elected US pres
Type: Event
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12/05/1798
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Govt troops occupy Hasselt
Type: Event
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12/05/1799
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Robert Kimmerling, composer, dies at 61
Type: Death
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12/05/1804
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Thomas Jefferson re-elected US pres/George Clinton vice-pres
Type: Event
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12/05/1813
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Lubeck surrenders to allied armies
Type: Event
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12/05/1818
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Bruno Daalberg/Anonymus Belga, sect of High Council Adel, dies at 60
Type: Death
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12/05/1824
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Titian James Coffey, Atty Gen (Union), died in 1867
Type: Birth
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12/05/1826
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John Benjamin Sanborn, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1904
Type: Birth
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12/05/1830
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Hector Berlioz' "Symphonique fantastique," premieres in Paris
Type: Event
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12/05/1830
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Christina Rossetti, London, poet (Winter Rain, Passing Away)
Type: Birth
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12/05/1831
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Former Pres John Q Adams takes his seat as member of House of Reps
Type: Event
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12/05/1832
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Andrew Jackson re-elected president of US
Type: Event
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12/05/1835
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August v Platen, writer, dies at 39
Type: Death
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12/05/1837
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Hector Berlioz' "Requiem," premieres
Type: Event
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12/05/1837
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Uprising under William Lyon Mackenzie in Canada
Type: Event
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12/05/1839
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George Armstrong Custer, Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1876
Type: Birth
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