December 5th, 1863

Born on December 5th, 1863

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 58,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 424 days, exactly on June 18th, 2025, people who were born on December 5th, 1863 will be 59,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What 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, 1807

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

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

Born on December 5th, 1863

69

Paul Painlevé

French mathematician and politician (1863-1933)

*December 5th, 1863, Paris †October 29th, 1933, Paris

36

Torerito

Spanish matador (1863-1900)

*December 5th, 1863, Córdoba †November 22nd, 1900, Córdoba

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

52

Kali Rocha

American actress

*December 5th, 1971, Memphis

65

Walt Disney

American animator and producer (1901–1966)

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

66

Armando Diaz

Italian general (1861-1928)

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

25

Conan Gray

American singer-songwriter

*December 5th, 1998, Lemon Grove

88

Bhumibol Adulyadej

Former King of Thailand

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

76

Phil van Heerdt tot Eversberg-Quarles van Ufford

Human

*December 5th, 1862, Ketandan †December 2nd, 1939, The Hague

63

Hennes Weisweiler

German association football player and manager (1919–1983)

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

73

Mario Méndez Bejarano

Spanish author

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

67

Józef Piłsudski

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

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

79

Martin Van Buren

President of the United States from 1837 to 1841

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

74

Werner Heisenberg

German theoretical physicist and nobel prize winner

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

69

William Walker Atkinson

Attorney/merchant/publisher/author/occultist/American pioneer of the New Thought movement

*December 5th, 1862, Baltimore †November 22nd, 1932, Los Angeles

101

Ren Xinmin

Chinese scientist

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

38

André-Pierre Gignac

French association football player

*December 5th, 1985, Martigues

57

Antti Aarne

Finnish folklorist (1867-1925)

*December 5th, 1867, Pori †February 5th, 1925, Helsinki

62

Hugo Gaudig

German educationist

*December 5th, 1860, Stöckey †August 2nd, 1923, Leipzig

108

Johannes Heesters

Dutch actor, singer and entertainer (1903–2011)

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

74

Emil Goll

German politician (1865-1939)

*December 5th, 1865, Frankfurt †December 28th, 1939, Frankfurt

82

Arnold Sommerfeld

German physicist (1868-1951)

*December 5th, 1868, Königsberg †April 26th, 1951, Munich

91

Sheldon Glashow

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

*December 5th, 1932, New York City

Same year
Born in 1863

81

Pietro Mascagni

Italian composer known for operas

*December 7th, 1863, Livorno †August 2nd, 1945, Rome

74

Gabriele D'Annunzio

Italian writer, poet, playwright, soldier and politician (1863-1938)

*March 12th, 1863, Pescara †March 1st, 1938, Gardone Riviera

80

Leo Baekeland

Belgium American inventor (1863-1944)

*November 14th, 1863, Ghent †February 23rd, 1944, Beacon

80

Edvard Munch

Norwegian painter (1863–1944)

*December 12th, 1863, Ådalsbruk †January 23rd, 1944, Ekely

51

John Bunny

American actor (1863-1915)

*September 21st, 1863, New York City †April 26th, 1915, Brooklyn

83

Henry Ford

American business magnate (1863–1947)

*July 30th, 1863, Springwells Township †April 7th, 1947, Dearborn

50

Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Heir presumptive to the throne of Austria-Hungary (1863–1914)

*December 18th, 1863, Graz †June 28th, 1914, Sarajevo

39

Swami Vivekananda

Indian Hindu monk and philosopher (1863–1902)

*January 12th, 1863, Swami Vivekananda's Ancestral House & Cultural Centre †July 4th, 1902, Belur

100

Margaret Murray

Anglo-Indian Egyptologist (1863–1963)

*July 13th, 1863, Kolkata †November 13th, 1963, Welwyn

82

David Lloyd George

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1916 to 1922

*January 17th, 1863, Manchester †March 26th, 1945, Llanystumdwy

74

Pierre de Coubertin

Founder of modern Olympic Games, pedagogue and historian (1863-1937)

*January 1st, 1863, Paris †September 2nd, 1937, Geneva

79

W. W. Jacobs

English author of short stories and novels

*September 8th, 1863, Wapping †September 1st, 1943, Islington

64

Carl H. Eigenmann

German-American ichthyologist (1863–1927)

*March 9th, 1863, Flehingen †April 24th, 1927, San Diego

61

Gene Stratton-Porter

American writer and naturalist (1863–1924)

*August 17th, 1863, Lagro †December 6th, 1924, Los Angeles

62

Maurice Hennequin

French playwright and writer

*December 10th, 1863, Liège †September 3rd, 1926, Montreux

77

Ernest Thayer

American poet

*August 14th, 1863, Lawrence †August 21st, 1940, Santa Barbara

88

George Santayana

Spanish-American philosopher

*December 16th, 1863, Madrid †September 26th, 1952, Rome

73

Austen Chamberlain

British politician (1863-1937)

*October 16th, 1863, Birmingham †March 17th, 1937, London

83

Wilhelm Marx

German politician (1863–1946)

*January 15th, 1863, Cologne †August 5th, 1946, Bonn

94

Henry van de Velde

Belgian painter, architect and interior designer (1863-1957)

*April 3rd, 1863, Antwerp †October 25th, 1957, Zürich

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Public holidays on December 5th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Saint Nicholas' Eve) which are celebrated on December 5th.

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1863 is a normal year and no leap year.

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