December 5 in History
5 December in History – 187 years ago
North America 1837: Canadian Rebellions
In the north, the British colonies of Upper and Lower Canada were growing in population but... SEE MORE…
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All Events on 5 December
1994
Belarus, Kazkhstan, and Ukraine agree to surrender nuclear weapons in return for security guarantees
ends
1980
Iraq invades Iran, starting 8-year war
starts
1941
Soviet counteroffensive drives back Germans
1941
US dissolves Yangtze River patrol
1936
Creation of Kazakh SSR
1936
Creation of Kirghiz SSR
1936
Transcausian SFSR split into Armenian, Azerbaidzhan & Georgian SSRs
1936
Soviet Union adopts a new constitution
starts
1934
Abyssinia Crisis over Italo-Ethiopian dispute
1929
Tajik SSR detached from Uzbek SSR
ends
1905
Amundsen makes Northwest Passage
ends
1889
Germans intervene in Samoa, provoking civil war
ends
1835
Māori conquer Chatham Islands
ends
1811
Russians decisively defeat Ottomans at Slobozia
400
Gainas defeated attempting to cross Hellespont*
ends
280
Blemmyes invade southern Egypt*
starts
269
Augustodunum in revolt in support of Claudius*
ends
173
Egyptians revolt under Isodorus, threatening Alexandria*
*Actual date uncertain; set to 5 December for purposes of Omniatlas
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