December 5th, 1807

Born on December 5th, 1807

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 79,000 days old!

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What happened on December 5th, 1807?

December 5th, 1807

Napoleonic Wars: British ships began a raid on Griessie after the Dutch captain refused a British demand for surrender.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleonic_Wars

What else happened on December 5th?

December 5th, 2007

A nineteen-year-old gunman went on a shooting spree at a shopping mall in Omaha, Nebraska, U.S., killing nine people, including himself.

December 5th, 1995

Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 56 crashed shortly after takeoff from Nakhchivan Airport, killing 52 people on board.

December 5th, 1974

The Birmingham Americans won the only World Bowl in World Football League history.

December 5th, 1972

Gough Whitlam took office as the 21st Prime Minister of Australia and formed a duumvirate with his deputy Lance Barnard, ending 23 years of Liberal-Country Party government.

December 5th, 1958

Britain's first motorway, the Preston By-pass, opened to the public.

December 5th, 1952

The "Great Smog of London" began and lasted for five days, causing 12,000 deaths and leading to the Clean Air Act 1956.

December 5th, 1945

Flight 19, a squadron of five U.S. Navy torpedo bombers, disappeared over the Bermuda Triangle.

December 5th, 1939

The remains of Pedro II of Brazil, who was ousted and exiled in a republican coup, were buried after being repatriated.

December 5th, 1933

The prohibition of alcoholic beverages in the United States at the federal level ended when the Twenty-first Amendment to the Constitution was ratified, repealing the Eighteenth Amendment.

December 5th, 1916

Amid the First World War and following his loss of support in Parliament, British Prime Minister H. H. Asquith resigned.

December 5th, 1914

The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition began in an attempt to make the first land crossing of Antarctica.

December 5th, 1775

American Revolutionary War: Continental Army colonel Henry Knox arrived at Fort Ticonderoga in New York to arrange the transport of 60 tons of artillery (depicted) to support the siege of Boston.

December 5th, 1757

Seven Years' War: Prussian troops under Frederick the Great defeated Austrian forces at the Battle of Leuthen (pictured).

December 5th, 1484

Pope Innocent VIII issued the papal bull Summis desiderantes affectibus, which gave the Dominican inquisitor Heinrich Kramer the explicit authority to prosecute witchcraft in Germany.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on December 5th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on December 5th?

52

Kali Rocha

American actress

*December 5th, 1971, Memphis

25

Conan Gray

American singer-songwriter

*December 5th, 1998, Lemon Grove

79

Martin Van Buren

President of the United States from 1837 to 1841

*December 5th, 1782, Kinderhook †July 24th, 1862, Kinderhook

65

Walt Disney

American animator and producer (1901–1966)

*December 5th, 1901, Chicago †December 15th, 1966, Burbank

88

Bhumibol Adulyadej

Former King of Thailand

*December 5th, 1927, Mount Auburn Hospital †October 13th, 2016, Siriraj Hospital

63

Hennes Weisweiler

German association football player and manager (1919–1983)

*December 5th, 1919, Lechenich †July 5th, 1983, Aesch

74

Werner Heisenberg

German theoretical physicist and nobel prize winner

*December 5th, 1901, Würzburg †February 1st, 1976, Munich

66

Armando Diaz

Italian general (1861-1928)

*December 5th, 1861, Naples †February 29th, 1928, Rome

90

Cesare Cantù

Italian historian (1804-1895)

*December 5th, 1804, Brivio †March 11th, 1895, Milan

73

Mario Méndez Bejarano

Spanish author

*December 5th, 1857, Seville †January 16th, 1931, Madrid

38

André-Pierre Gignac

French association football player

*December 5th, 1985, Martigues

120

Andrés de Santa Cruz

Supreme protector of the Peru–Bolivian Confederation

*December 5th, 1801, Puno †November 30th, 1922, Saint-Nazaire

101

Ren Xinmin

Chinese scientist

*December 5th, 1915, Ningguo †February 12th, 2017, Beijing

42

Hippolyte-Raymond Colet

French composer and music educator

*December 5th, 1808, Uzès †April 21st, 1851, Paris

28

Kaetlyn Osmond

Canadian figure skater

*December 5th, 1995, Marystown

38

Gianni Meersman

Belgian road bicycle racer

*December 5th, 1985, Tielt

68

Karin Neugebauer

East German swimmer

*December 5th, 1955, Leipzig

91

Sheldon Glashow

American theoretical physicist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics (1979)

*December 5th, 1932, New York City

67

Józef Piłsudski

Polish politician, First Marshall, and Prime Minister (1867–1935)

*December 5th, 1867, Zalavas †May 12th, 1935, Warsaw

108

Johannes Heesters

Dutch actor, singer and entertainer (1903–2011)

*December 5th, 1903, Amersfoort †December 24th, 2011, Starnberg

Same year
Born in 1807

75

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

American poet and educator (1807–1882)

*February 27th, 1807, Portland †March 24th, 1882, Cambridge

96

Ernest Legouvé

French dramatist

*February 14th, 1807, Paris †March 14th, 1903, 2nd arrondissement of Paris

66

Hans Conon von der Gabelentz

German linguist (1807-1874)

*October 13th, 1807, Altenburg †September 3rd, 1874, Lemnitz

74

Giuseppe Garibaldi

Italian general, patriot, and republican (1807–1882)

*July 4th, 1807, Nice †June 2nd, 1882, Caprera

66

Louis Agassiz

Swiss-American naturalist (1807–1873)

*May 28th, 1807, Môtiers †December 14th, 1873, Cambridge

63

Robert E. Lee

Confederate States general (1807–1870)

*January 19th, 1807, Stratford Hall †October 12th, 1870, Lexington

91

Wilford Woodruff

President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1807-1898)

*March 1st, 1807, Farmington †September 2nd, 1898, Salt Lake City

79

Sebastiano Tecchio

Italian politician (1807-1886)

*January 3rd, 1807, Vicenza †January 24th, 1886, Venice

60

Karl Braun

German jurist and politician (1807-1868)

*May 10th, 1807, Plauen †March 23rd, 1868, Plauen

87

Giacomo Durando

Italian general and statesman (1807-1894)

*February 4th, 1807, Mondovì †August 21st, 1894, Rome

79

Charles Francis Adams, Sr.

American historical editor, politician and diplomat from Massachusetts (1807-1886)

*August 18th, 1807, Boston †November 21st, 1886, Boston

80

Friedrich Theodor Vischer

German philosopher, writer and politician (1807-1887)

*June 30th, 1807, Ludwigsburg †September 14th, 1887, Gmunden

84

Jules Grévy

French statesman and lawyer

*August 15th, 1807, Mont-sous-Vaudrey †September 9th, 1891, Mont-sous-Vaudrey

40

Robert Blum

German democratic politician (1807-1848)

*November 10th, 1807, Cologne †November 9th, 1848, Brigittenau

78

Bernhard Horwitz

German-British chess player (1807-1885)

*May 10th, 1807, Neustrelitz †August 29th, 1885, London

82

Hans Matthison-Hansen

Danish composer and painter (1807-1890)

*February 6th, 1807, Flensburg †January 7th, 1890, Roskilde

84

Joseph Petzval

Slovak physicist, mathematician and inventor (1807-1891)

*January 6th, 1807, Spišská Belá †September 19th, 1891, Vienna

78

Alfred de Clebsattel

French politician

*May 6th, 1807, Dunkirk †January 27th, 1886, Dunkirk

74

Ludwig Mooser

Organ builder

*January 30th, 1807, Vienna †May 22nd, 1881, Hatvan

77

Wilhelm von Braumüller

German publisher

*March 19th, 1807, Zillbach †July 25th, 1884, Vienna

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1807 is a normal year and no leap year.

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