Portal:Literature/Adil archive/December/5
- 1555 - Heinrich Meibom, German historian and poet born
- 1595 - Jean Chapelain, French writer born
- 1609 - Alexander Hume, Scottish poet died
- 1612 - Samuel Butler, English poet born
- 1732 - John Gay, British playwright died
- 1777 - Madame Récamier, French writer born
- 1795 - Thomas Carlyle, British writer and historian born
- 1835 - Samuel Butler, British writer born
- 1875 - Rainer Maria Rilke, Austrian poet born
- 1903 - Cornell Woolrich, American writer born
- 1916 - Ely Jacques Kahn, Jr., American writer born