Anthony Malone, politician, born
December 5, 1700
John Atherton, Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, is executed on a charge of immorality
December 5, 1640
King Francis II of France, husband of Mary Queen of Scots, died.
December 5, 1560
Quitclaim of Canterbury, nullified the Treaty of Falaise
December 5, 1189