Yorkshire on Saturday 5 December 2026
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 5 December 1832: James Benson (19) and his little sister, Irish strikebreakers, are set upon by a mob between Farsley and Stanningley
- 5 December 1859: Prince Louis Lucien Bonaparte, Napoleon’s nephew and the cousin of the then French emperor, has work for the Barnsley dialectologist Charles Rogers
- 5 December 1911: Thomas Stewart, analytical chemist, and John Gott, author of Rib-ticklers for Parsons, are jailed for blasphemy at Leeds
Now!
Hull, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 07:59-15:44, zenith 11:51
- Moon: rise 04:21 set 13:24, waning crescent
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 08:04-15:49, zenith 11:56
- Moon: rise 04:26 set 13:28, waning crescent
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 08:07-15:43, zenith 11:55
- Moon: rise 04:28 set 13:24, waning crescent
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 08:01-15:51, zenith 11:56
- Moon: rise 04:24 set 13:30, waning crescent
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 08:03-15:46, zenith 11:54
- Moon: rise 04:25 set 13:26, waning crescent
Red-letter days and other special events:
- Religion: First day of Hanukkah. Customs: Whitby Krampus Run – Saturday closest to St Nicholas’ Eve.
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