This Day In European History

5th December

Events
63 BCE: The first Latin shorthand is used, by Marcus Tiro.
1496: All Jews are ordered to leave Portugal.
1916: British Prime Minister Herbert Asquith resigns, beginning a decline for the once important Liberal party.

Births
1859: John Jellicoe, British admiral.
1867: Józef Pilsudski, Polish statesman.

Deaths
1560: King Francis II of France.
1570: Johan Friis, Danish statesman.
1624: Gaspard Bauhin, Swiss physician.
1791: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian composer.
1870: Alexandre Dumas, French author.

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