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- 1614
- The Burmese invade Lan Na, a vassal of the Ayutthaya Kingdom Mandala, establishing Chiang Saen State and Mueang Chiang Mai.
- 1862
- In Nevada Territory, Lake County is renamed Roop County.
- 1890
- The Santa Maria Madalena Branch of the Leopoldina Railway opens in Brazil.
- 1911
- Asmara station opens in Asmara, Italian Eritrea.
- 1922
- The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland becomes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- 1928
- In Virginia, Martinsville withdraws from Henry County, becoming an independent city.
- 1931
- The Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow is demolished.
- 1932
- The A Geary streetcar line is decommissioned in San Francisco after 20 years in service.
- 1936
- The Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic is dissolved, elevating the Armenian, Azerbaijan, and Georgian Soviet Socialist Republics to Union-level republics of the Soviet Union.
- 1939
- The Palace of Justice is inaugurated in Lima.
- 1952
- In China, 11 natural villages are transferred from Suixi County, Suxian Prefecture, Anhui Province, to Yongcheng County, Henan Province.
- 2017
- In Italy, Sappada is transferred from Veneto to Friuli-Venezia Giulia.
This is a selection of establishments and disestablishments on December 5, based on OpenHistoricalMap data, that automatically appears on the OpenHistoricalMap page on December 5 of each year. This list highlights important changes in the world, as well as more mundane events that demonstrate the project's ambitious tendency toward micromapping history.
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