Today in History
On This Day In History
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Dec 5, 63 BC |
Cicero reads the last of his Catiline Orations. |
Dec 5, 663 |
Fourth Council of Toledo takes place. |
Dec 5, 771 |
Charlemagne becomes the sole King of the Franks after the death of his brother Carloman. |
Dec 5, 1082 |
Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona is assassinated. |
Dec 5, 1301 |
Pope Boniface VIII's degree Ausculta fili (only nominee) |
Dec 5, 1349 |
500 Jews of Nuremberg massacre during Black Death riots |
Dec 5, 1360 |
The French Franc is created. |
Dec 5, 1408 |
Emir Edigu of Golden Horde reaches Moscow. |
Dec 5, 1448 |
Bishop Jona of Moscow chosen as metropolitan of Kiev/Intoxication |
Dec 5, 1456 |
Earthquake strikes Naples; about 35,000 die |
Dec 5, 1492 |
Columbus discovers Hispaniola (El Espanola/Haiti) |
Dec 5, 1496 |
Jews are expelled from Portugal by order of King Manuel I |
Dec 5, 1590 |
Niccolo Sfondrati chosen as Pope Gregory XIV |
Dec 5, 1602 |
Giulio Caccini's "Euridice," premieres in Florence |
Dec 5, 1717 |
Blackbeard ransacks the merchant sloop "Margaret" and keeps her captain, Henry Bostock, prisoner for 8 hours before releasing him. Bostock would later provide the first recorded of Blackbeard's appearance, with specific reference to his "very black beard", providing the source for his name |
Dec 5, 1741 |
-6] Russian princess Elisabeth Petrovna grabs powers |
Dec 5, 1746 |
Revolt in Genoa against Spanish rule. |
Dec 5, 1757 |
Battle of Leuthen: Prussian army beats Austrians |
Dec 5, 1766 |
London auctioneers Christie's hold their first sale |
Dec 5, 1775 |
At Fort Ticonderoga, Henry Knox begins his historic transport of artillery to Cambridge, Massachusetts. |
Dec 5, 1776 |
1st US fraternity, Phi Beta Kappa (William & Mary College), forms |
Dec 5, 1792 |
George Washington re-elected as US president |
Dec 5, 1798 |
Dutch troops occupy Hasselt |
Dec 5, 1804 |
Thomas Jefferson re-elected US President, George Clinton Vice President |
Dec 5, 1813 |
Lübeck surrenders to allied armies |
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