Discover what happened on 5 December 1914 in history! This day marks a series of notable events, famous births, and significant deaths. Explore the details below to learn more about the historical happenings of this day. On this day, history comes alive!
Deaths
- Angelo Di Pietro (Catholic cardinal (1828–1914))
- Georg Franzius (German engineer (1842-1914))
- Hermann Stenner (German painter (1891-1914))
- Sidkeong Tulku Namgyal (Sikkim monarch)
- Tito Vignoli (Italian philosopher (1824-1914))
- Agnes Irwin (educator (1841–1914))
- Frank Rice (American lawyer and politician)
- Herbert H. D. Peirce (American diplomat (1849–1914))
- Justino Muniz (Uruguayan military personnel (1838-1914))
- Mary Fields (first African-American female Star Route stagecoach delivery driver the United States)
- William E. Haynes (Union Army officer, politicians (1829-1914))
- Stanisław Kujot
- Albert Charles Peale (geologist (1849-1914))
- William McKenzie (Canadian politician)
- Charles Malo (French composer)
- Alfonso Doria Pamphili Landi (Italian noble and politician (1851-1914))
- William Francis Prideaux (British officer in the Indian Army (1840-1914))
- Nina Geijer
- Harald Kristian Dannevig (Norwegian fisheries expert and applied scientist, worked in Australia (1871-1914))
- Frederick Lord (Australian politician)
- Lluís Suñé i Molist
- Winifreda Jane Adye ((1860-1914))
- Charles, Comte de Vogue ((1882-1914))
- Frances Harriet Eardley Blomefield ((died 1914))
- John Vesey Nugent ((1837-1914))
- Walter Schöllkopf
- Maria Hedwig von Maubeuge (15 Dec 1851 – 5 Dec 1914)
- Ludwik Wostrowski
- Johannes Valeur