Portal:Belgium/Anniversaries/December/December 5
- 1355: death of John III, Duke of Brabant
- 1495: birth of Nicolas Cleynaerts, grammarian
- 1671: birth of Joseph Clemens of Bavaria, prince-bishop of the Prince-Bishopric of Liège
- 1907: death of Charles Leickert, landscape painter
- 1951: birth of Anne-Mie van Kerckhoven, artist
- 1966: death of Sylvère Maes, cyclist, winner of the Tour de France in 1936 and 1939