Events on Dec 5

• 1349500 Jews of Nuremberg massacre during Black Death riots
• 1448Bishop Jona of Moscow chosen as metropolitan of Kiev / Intoxication
• 1456Earthquake strikes Naples; about 35,000 die
• 1496Jews are expelled from Portugal by order of King Manuel I
• 1757Battle at Leuthen: Prussian army beats Austrians
• 17761st US fraternity, Phi Beta Kappa (William & Mary College), forms
• 1792George Washington re-elected US President
• 1798Government troops occupy Hasselt
• 1804Thomas Jefferson re-elected US President / George Clinton vice-pres
• 1831Former President John Q Adams takes his seat as member of House of Reps
• 1832Andrew Jackson re-elected President of US
• 1837Uprising under William Lyon Mackenzie in Canada
• 1846C F Schoenbein obtains patent for cellulose nitrate explosive
• 1854Aaron Allen of Boston patents folding theater chair
• 1861Gatling gun patented
• 1862Battle of Coffeeville, Mississippi
• 18681st American bicycle college opens (NY)
• 1876Daniel Stillson (Mass) patents 1st practical pipe wrench
• 1876Fire at Brooklyn Theater kills 295, trampled or burned to death
• 18791st automatic telephone switching system patented
• 188147th Congress (1881-83) convenes
• 18931st electric car (built in Toronto) could go 15 miles between charges
• 1905Henry Campbell-Bannermam (Lib) becomes Prime Minister of England
• 19081st football uniform numerals used (University of Pittsburgh)
• 19146th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats University of Toronto, 14-2
• 1918Oil refinery on Curacao opens
• 1920Pro football playoff game Akron and Buffalo 0-0 tie, title undecided
• 1924Hamilton Tiger Red Green scores 5 goals to beat Toronto Maple Leafs 10-5
• 192513th CFL Grey Cup: Ottawa Senators defeats Win Tammany Tigers, 24-1
• 1928England defeats Australia by record 675 runs at Brisbane

Born on Dec 5

• 1545Janus Dousa [Johan van de Does]: Dutch politician / poet
• 1547Ubbo Emmius [van Embden]: Dutch-Frisian humanist / historian
• 1661Robert Haley: Earl of Oxford / English Premier (Whig, 1710-14)
• 1666Francesco Antonio Nicola Scarlotti: Composer
• 1687Francesco Xaverio Geminiani: Composer
• 1697Carlo Arrigoni: Composer
• 1697Giuseppe de Majo: Composer
• 1724Joseph Friebert: Composer
• 1782Martin Van Buren: Kinderhook, New York -- (D) 8th President (1837-41)
• 1786Henry Drummond: English banker / apostole
• 1824Titian James Coffey: Attorney General (Union), died in 1867
• 1826John Benjamin Sanborn: Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1904
• 1830Christina Rossetti: London, England -- Poet (Winter Rain, Passing Away)
• 1839George Armstrong Custer: Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1876
• 1844John Frederick Bridge: Composer
• 1852Thomas Linnemann Laub: Composer
• 1861Armando V Diaz: Italian marshal / Minister of War (1922-24)
• 1872Harry N Pillsbury: US chess player
• 1878Arrigo Pedrollo: Composer
• 1880Alexander Schmuller: Russian / Netherlands violinist / conductor
• 1884Evert Cornelis: Dutch conductor / pianist
• 1885Dirk H W Filarski: Dutch painter / lithographer (Bergense School)
• 1886Pieter J Old: Lawyer / Minister of Finance / Mayor of Rotterdam (1945-52)
• 1888Askell Snorrason: Composer
• 1890Fritz Lang: Germany -- Director (M, Metropolis)
• 1892Cyril Ring: Massachusetts, United States -- Actor (Body & Soul)
• 1896Juliette Baillot [Lady Huxley]: Author
• 1896Willem F M Lampe: Dutch ambassador of the Dutch Antilles
• 1899Sonny Boy Williamson [Aleck Miller]: Blues player
• 1901Grace Moore: United States -- Soprano (One Night to Live)

Died on Dec 5

• 1212Derek II of Are: Bishop of Utrecht (1197-1212)
• 1244Johanna of Constantinople: Countess of Flanders (1205-44)
• 1355Jan III: Duke of Brabant / Limburg
• 1560Francois II: King of France (1559-60), dies at 16
• 1594Gerardus Mercator: Flemish philosopher / cartographer, dies at 82
• 1663Severo Bonini: Composer, dies at 80
• 1675John Lightfoot: English Theologist (Horae Hebraicae), dies at 73
• 1745Christoph Forster: Composer, dies at 52
• 1758Johann Friedrich Fasch: Composer, dies at 70
• 1784Phillis Wheatley: 1st important black Poet in America, dies in Boston
• 1791Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Composer, dies at 35 in Vienna, Austria
• 1799Robert Kimmerling: Composer, dies at 61
• 1818Bruno Daalberg / Anonymus Belga: Secretary of High Council Adel, dies at 60
• 1835August v Platen: Writer, dies at 39
• 1842MJ Auguste Vestrius: French ballet dancers, dies at 82
• 1853Johann Peter Heuschkel: Composer, dies at 80
• 1859Louis Poinsot: French Mathematician / instrument maker, dies at 82
• 1886Peter Hofstede de Groot: Dutch reformed theologist, dies at 84
• 1891JKLSBFXvPSMGRG Pedro II of Alcantara: Emp of Brazil (1831-89)
• 1902Henry Stephen Cutler: Composer, dies at 78
• 1916Hans Richter: Composer, dies at 73
• 1922Samuel Muller Fzn: Dutch Historian / archivist
• 1925Wilhelmina E Drucker [Lensing]: Dutch feminist, dies at 78
• 1928Johannes F "Johan" Bakker, Sr.: Actor / husband of Truus Soete, dies at 61
• 1935Frans [MJ Francois] Erens: Literary (Years Gone By), dies at 78
• 1938Christina "Dina" Koudijs-van Appeldoorn: Pianist / composer, dies at 54
• 1940Jan Kubelik: Composer, dies at 60
• 1955Paul Harvey: Actor (Calamity Jane, Heldorado, Jamboree), dies at 73
• 1958Ferdinand Bruckner: Writer, dies at 67
• 1963Herbert H Lehman: (Gov-D-NY)

Historical events on December 6

• 0963Leo VIII elected Pope
• 1160Jean Bodels "Jeu de St. Nicholas, " premieres in Arras
• 1196Northern Dutch coast flooded, "Saint-Nicolaas Flood"
• 1240Mongols under Batu Khan occupy and destroy Kiev
• 1424Don Alfonso V of Aragon grants Barcelona the right to exclude Jews
• 1491King Charles VIII of France marries Anna of Bretagne
• 1527Pope Clemens VII fleas to Orvieto
• 1534Quito, Ecuador founded by Spanish
• 16311st predicted transit of Venus (Kepler) is observed
• 1641Don Francisco de Mello appointed land guardian of South Netherlands
• 17321st play in American colonies acted by professional players, New York City
• 1745Bonnie Prince Charlies army retreats to Scotland
• 1756British troops under Robert Clive occupy Fulta India
• 17681st edition of "Encyclopedia Brittanica" published (Scotland)
• 1787Laurens Pieter van de Speigel appointed Dutch pension advisor
• 1790Congress meets in Philadelphia, new temporary US capital
• 1820US President James Monroe re-elected
• 1822Veterinary school in Utrecht opens
• 1825President John Adams suggests establishment of a US observatory
• 1833HMS Beagle / Charles Darwin departs Rio de la Plata
• 1843Amsterdam-Utrecht railway opens
• 1846Opera "La Damnation de Faust" is produced (Paris)
• 1849Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery in Maryland
• 1862President Lincoln orders hanging of 39 Santee Sioux indians
• 186513th Amendment is ratified, abolishing slavery
• 1866Chicago water supply tunnel 3,227 m into Lake Michigan completed
• 1870Joseph H Rainey, 1st black in House of Reps (SC)
• 18731st international football game in US: Yale 2, Eton (England) 1
• 187544th Congress (1875-77) convenes
• 18761st crematorium in US begins operation, Washington, Penn

Born on December 6

• 1421Henry VI: King of England (1422-61, 1470-71)
• 1550Orazio Tiberio Vecchi: Composer
• 1608George Monck / Monk: English General / gov of Scotland
• 1731S von Laroche: Writer
• 1732Warren Hastings: England, United Kingdom -- 1st Governor-General of India (1773-84)
• 1743Franz Nikolaus Novotny: Composer
• 1768Johann Baptist Henneberg: Composer
• 1775Nicolas Isouard: Composer
• 1776Paul Friedrich Struck: Composer
• 1792Abraham J van de Aa: Lexicographer (Biographic Dictionary)
• 1792Willem II Frederik GL: King of the Netherlands (1840-49)
• 1806Louis-Gilbert Duprez: Composer
• 1808Johan M Dautzenberg: Flemish author (Future)
• 1808Johann Christian Gebauer: Composer
• 1809Stephen Thomas: Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1903
• 1816Henry Eustace McCulloch: Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1895
• 1822John Eberhard: Built 1st large-scale pencil factory in US
• 1831Joshua Woodrow Sill: Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1862
• 1833John Singleton Mosby: Lawyer / Colonel (Confederate Army), died in 1916
• 1843Albert de Vriendt: Flemish historical painter / etcher
• 1846Henryk Jarecki: Composer
• 1870William S Hart: Silent Westerns actor (Wild Bill Hickok, Tumbleweeds)
• 1872Mikulas Moyzes: Composer
• 1884Rose Schneiderman: New York State Department of Labor Secretary (1937-44)
• 1885Albrecht Schaeffer: German writer (The General)
• 1886Joyce Kilmer: United States -- (male) poet (Trees)
• 1887Joseph Lamb: Composer
• 1887Lynn Fontanne: Woodford, England -- Broadway actress (Dulcy, Arms & the Man)
• 1892F Osbert S Sitwell: London, England -- Poet / writer (Out of the Flame)
• 1892Lina Carstens: Wiesbaden, Germany -- Actress (Homeland, Broken Jug)

Died on December 6

• 1185Afonso I [the Conqueror]: King of Portugal (1143-85), dies at 76
• 1352Clement VI [Pierre Roger]: Pope (1342-52)
• 1531John Volkertsz Trimaker: Dutch anabaptist leader, beheaded
• 1550Pieter Coecke van Aelst: Flemish painter, dies at 48
• 1562Jan van Scorel: Dutch Painter / architect
• 1598Elbertus Leoninus: Dutch lawyer / politician, dies at about 78
• 1640Matthijs Elsevier: Flemish / Dutch book publisher / merchant, dies at 75
• 1651Anna Roemers Visscher: Dutch poetess, dies at 68
• 1658Gracian: Writer
• 1793Marie Jeanne Becu comtesse du Barry: Mistress of Louis XV, beheaded
• 1799Joseph Black: Scottish medical / chemist / physicist, dies at 71
• 1834Jonas Daniel Meyer: Dutch lawyer, dies at 54
• 1865Sebastian de Iradier: Spanish Composer (Arreglito), dies at 56
• 1867Giovanni Pacini: Composer, dies at 71
• 1882A Trollope: Writer
• 1889Jefferson Davis: President of Confederate States (1861-5), dies at 81
• 1889Joseph H "Jozef" Neuhuys: Painter, dies at 48
• 1892E Werner von Siemens: German industrialist (Siemens AG), dies at 75
• 1903Frederick Grant Gleason: Composer, dies at 54
• 1914Eduard Jacobs: Dutch cabaret artist, dies at 47
• 1920Karel Kovarovic: Composer, dies at 57
• 1933Auguste Chapuis: Composer, dies at 75
• 1943Firmin Baes: Flemish painter, dies at 69
• 1943Hermann Lohr: Composer, dies at 72
• 1946Maximilian Oseyevich Shteynberg: Composer, dies at 63
• 1949Leadbelly [Huddie William Ledbetter]: Blues singer, dies at 64
• 1951J Edward Bromberg: Dies at 47
• 1953Konstanty I Galczynski: Polish Poet (Zielona Ges), dies at 48
• 1958Erwin Bodky: Composer, dies at 62
• 1959Len Doyle: Actor (Harrington-Mr District Attorney), dies at 66

Events on Dec 7

• 0283St. Eutychian ends his reign as Catholic Pope
• 1646Princess Louise Henriette (19) marries monarch Frederik Henry
• 1741Elisabeth Petrovna becomes tsarina of Russia
• 1783Theatre Royal opens in Covent Garden, London
• 1783William Pitt Jr (24) becomes British Premier
• 1787Delaware becomes 1st state to ratify constitution
• 1808James Madison elected US President / George Clinton vice-pres
• 1836Martin Van Buren elected 8th President
• 1862Battle of Hartsville, Tennessee
• 1862Battle of Prairie Grove, Arkansas
• 1864Skirmish at Ebenezer Creek / Cypress Swamp, Georgia
• 1868Jesse James gang robs bank in Gallatin Missouri, kills 1
• 1875Natives Sons of the West organized
• 1876New York Mutuals and Philadelphia Athletics expelled from NL for not completing sked
• 1877Thomas A Edison demonstrates the gramophone
• 188549th Congress (1885-87) convenes
• 1889Gilbert and Sullivans "Gondoliers, " premieres in London
• 189152nd Congress (1st to appropriate $1 billion) holds 1st session
• 1895Battle at Amba Alagi: Abyssinians beat Italian armies
• 1907Eugene Corri becomes 1st referee in a boxing ring
• 1909Leo Baekeland, Yonkers, patents 1st thermosetting plastic (Bakelite)
• 1911Leslie J Stuarts musical "Betsy, " premieres in New York City
• 1911National Hockey Association forms with New Westminister, Vancouver and Victoria
• 1912Bust of Queen Nefertete found in El-Amarna, Egypt
• 1916British government of David Lloyd George forms
• 1916David Lloyd George replaces resigning H H Asquith as British Prime Minister
• 1917US becomes 13th country to declare war on Austria during World War I
• 1920New South Wales make 802 against South Australia, then Mailey takes 8-81
• 1920USPD-KPD parties merge into Vereinigte Communist Party of Germany
• 1921KWG-AM in Stockton CA begins radio transmissions

Born on Dec 7

• 1542Mary Stuart: Queen of Scotland (1560-1587)
• 1557Girolamo Trombeti: Composer
• 1598Giovanni Bernini: Italy -- Baroque sculptor (St Teresa in Ecstasy)
• 1604Ambrosius Reiner: Composer
• 1637Barnardo Pasquini: Composer
• 1648Giovanni Maria Capelli: Composer
• 1731Abraham-Hyacinthe Anquetil du Perron: French interpreter
• 1751Jurrian F de Frederici: Governor-General (Suriname)
• 1754Jack Jouett: American patriot
• 1761Madame [Marie Grosholtz] Tussaud: Created wax museum
• 1772Joseph Franz Maximilian Lobkowitz: Composer
• 1801Johann Nepomuk Nestroy: Austrian actor (Judith und Holofernes)
• 1808Hugh McCulloch: US Secy of Treasury
• 1810Theodor Schwann: German co-originator of cell theory
• 1823Leopold Kronecker: German mathematician (Tensor of Kronecker)
• 1830Luigi Cremona: Italian mathematician / Minister of Education
• 1835Dom Joseph Pothier: French Monk / musicologist
• 1839Redvers H Buller: English General / large landowner - Natal
• 1840Hermann Goetz: Composer
• 1842Otto Ammon: German anthropologist / sociologist (schedelmetingen)
• 1847James Deacon White: Canton, New York -- Ball player jumped teams in 1876 (Chi)
• 1847Solomon Schechter: US Talmudic Scholar / Jewish leader
• 1857Nicola van Westerhout: Composer
• 1863John Ebenezer West: Composer
• 1863Pietro Mascagni: Italian composer / fascist (Cavalleria Rusticana)
• 1863Svetolik Rankovic: Serbian writer (Forest King)
• 1872Johan Huizinga: Dutch culture historian (Homo Ludens)
• 1873Willa Cather: United States -- Author (My Antonia)
• 1876Ludwig Schiedermair: German musicologist (Beethoven-Archiv)
• 1878Akiko Yosano: Japan -- Poet (Tangled Hair)

Died on Dec 7

• 0983Otto II the Red: German King / Emperor (973-83), dies at about 28
• 1254Innocent IV [Sinibaldo dei Fieschi]: Pope (1243-54)
• 1383Wenceslaus: Duke of Brabant
• 1811Ignaz Spangler: Composer, dies at 54
• 1815Michel Ney: French marshal (Waterloo), murdered at 46
• 1817William Bligh: British naval officer of "Bounty" fame, dies at 63
• 1823Johann Gottlieb Schwencke: Composer, dies at 79
• 1829Johann Christoph Kienlen: Composer, dies at 45
• 1834Ludwig Schuncke: Composer, dies at 23
• 1839Jan Matyas Nepomuk August Vitasek: Composer, dies at 69
• 1841Johann Daniel Ferstenberg: Composer, dies at 83
• 1860Constantine S Aksakov: Russian Historian / poet, dies at 43
• 1862Sylvester Churchill: US Union Brigadier General
• 1867Rudolf Viole: Composer, dies at 42
• 1881Julius FA Bahnsen: German philosopher (Tragic as Weltgesetz), dies at 51
• 1894Ferdinand de Lesseps: French engineer / diplomat / earl, dies at 89
• 1899Antoni Katski: Composer, dies at 82
• 1902Thomas Nast: Political cartoonist
• 1912George Darwin: Theorized Moon was pulled out of Pacific Ocean
• 1917Leon Minkus: Composer, dies at 91
• 1941Cecil Forsyth: Composer, dies at 71
• 1941Iida: Japanese pilot / lt, dies in battle at 28
• 1943John Bouber [Blom]: Actor / Author (Bluejackets), dies at 22
• 1948Godfrey Turner: Composer, dies at 35
• 1962Kirsten Flagstead: Norwegian soprano (Wagner), dies at 67
• 1967House Peters: Silent film actor (Kansas Territory), dies at 87
• 1969Eric Portman: Actor (Naked Edge), dies from heart ailment at 66
• 1969Hugh Williams: Actor (Human Monster), dies after surgery at 65
• 1970Rube Goldberg: US cartoonist (Mike & Ike, Pulitzer 1948), dies at 87
• 1971Milton Rosmer: Director (Murder in the Red Barn), dies at 90