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December 10. December 10 is the 344th day of the year (345th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 21 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 1317 ??? The "Nyk??ping Banquet": King Birger of Sweden treacherously seizes his two brothers Valdemar, Duke of Finland and Eric, Duke of S??dermanland, who were subsequently starved to death in the dungeon of Nyk??ping Castle. 1508 ??? The League of Cambrai is formed by Pope Julius II, Louis XII of France, Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor and Ferdinand II of Aragon as an alliance against Venice. 1520 ??? Martin Luther burns his copy of the papal bull Exsurge Domine outside Wittenberg's Elster Gate. 1541 ??? Thomas Culpeper and Francis Dereham are executed for having affairs with Catherine Howard, Queen of England and wife of Henry VIII....
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December 10. December 10 is the 344th day of the year (345th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 21 days remain until the end of the year.
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December 11. December 11 is the 345th day of the year (346th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 20 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 220 ??? Emperor Xian of Han is forced to abdicate the throne by Cao Cao's son Cao Pi, ending the Han dynasty. 361 ??? Julian enters Constantinople as sole Roman Emperor. 861 ??? Assassination of the Abbasid caliph al-Mutawakkil by the Turkish guard, who raise al-Muntasir to the throne, start of the "Anarchy at Samarra". 969 ??? Byzantine Emperor Nikephoros II Phokas is assassinated by his wife Theophano and her lover, the later Emperor John I Tzimiskes. 1041 ??? Michael V, adoptive son of Empress Zo?? of Byzantium, is proclaimed emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire. 1239 ??? Treaty of Benavente: the heiresses of the Kingdom of Le??n renounce their throne to King Ferdinand III of Castile 1282 ??? Battle...
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December 11. December 11 is the 345th day of the year (346th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 20 days remain until the end of the year.
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December 9. December 9 is the 343rd day of the year (344th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 22 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 536 ??? Gothic War: The Byzantine general Belisarius enters Rome unopposed; the Gothic garrison flees the capital. 730 ??? Battle of Marj Ardabil: The Khazars annihilate an Umayyad army and kill its commander, al-Jarrah ibn Abdallah al-Hakami. 1432 ??? The first battle between the forces of ??vitrigaila and Sigismund K??stutaitis is fought near the town of Oszmiana (Ashmyany), launching the most active phase of the Lithuanian Civil War. 1531 ??? The Virgin of Guadalupe first appears to Juan Diego at Tepeyac, Mexico City. 1601???1900 1636 ??? The Qing dynasty of China, led by Emperor Hong Taiji, invades Joseon. 1688 ??? Glorious...
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December 9. December 9 is the 343rd day of the year (344th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 22 days remain until the end of the year.
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December 8. December 8 is the 342nd day of the year (343rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 23 days remain until the end of the year.
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December 8. December 8 is the 342nd day of the year (343rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 23 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 395 ??? Later Yan is defeated by its former vassal Northern Wei at the Battle of Canhe Slope. 757 ??? The poet Du Fu returns to Chang'an as a member of Emperor Xuanzong's court, after having escaped the city during the An Lushan Rebellion. 877 ??? Louis the Stammerer (son of Charles the Bald) is crowned king of the West Frankish Kingdom at Compi??gne. 1504 ??? Ahmad ibn Abi Jum'ah writes his Oran fatwa, arguing for the relaxation of Islamic law requirements for the forcibly converted Muslims in Spain. 1601???1900 1660 ??? A woman (either Margaret Hughes or Anne Marshall) appears on an English public stage for the first time, in the...
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December 7. December 7 is the 341st day of the year (342nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 24 days remain until the end of the year.
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December 7. December 7 is the 341st day of the year (342nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 24 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 43 BC ??? Marcus Tullius Cicero is assassinated in Formia on orders of Marcus Antonius. 574 ??? Byzantine Emperor Justin II, suffering recurring seizures of insanity, adopts his general Tiberius and proclaims him as Caesar. 927 ??? The Sajid emir of Adharbayjan, Yusuf ibn Abi'l-Saj is defeated and captured by the Qarmatians near Kufa. 1601???1900 1703 ??? The Great Storm of 1703, the greatest windstorm ever recorded in the southern part of Great Britain, makes landfall. Winds gust up to 120 mph, and 9,000 people die. 1724 ??? Tumult of Thorn: Religious unrest is followed by the execution of nine Protestant citizens and the...
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December 6. December 6 is the 340th day of the year (341st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 25 days remain until the end of the year.
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December 6. December 6 is the 340th day of the year (341st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 25 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 1060 ??? B??la I is crowned king of Hungary. 1240 ??? Mongol invasion of Rus': Kyiv, defended by Voivode Dmytro, falls to the Mongols under Batu Khan. 1492 ??? After exploring the island of Cuba (which he had mistaken for Japan) for gold, Christopher Columbus lands on an island he names Hispaniola. 1534 ??? The city of Quito in Ecuador is founded by Spanish settlers led by Sebasti??n de Belalc??zar. 1601???1900 1648 ??? Pride's Purge removes royalist sympathizers from Parliament so that the High Court of Justice could put the King on trial. 1704 ??? Battle of Chamkaur: During the Mughal-Sikh Wars, an outnumbered Sikh Khalsa...
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December 5. December 5 is the 339th day of the year (340th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 26 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 63 BC ??? Cicero gives the fourth and final of the Catiline Orations. 633 ??? Fourth Council of Toledo opens, presided over by Isidore of Seville. 1033 ??? The Jordan Rift Valley earthquake destroys multiple cities across the Levant, triggers a tsunami and kills many. 1082 ??? Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona is assassinated, most likely by his brother, Berenguer Ramon II. 1408 ??? Seeking to resubjugate Muscovy, Emir Edigu of the Golden Horde reaches Moscow, burning areas around the city but failing to take the city itself. 1456 ??? The first of two earthquakes measuring Mw 7.2 strikes Italy, causing extreme destruction and killing upwards of 70,000 people. 1484 ??? Pope Innocent VIII...
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December 5. December 5 is the 339th day of the year (340th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 26 days remain until the end of the year.
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December 4. December 4 is the 338th day of the year (339th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 27 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 771 ??? Austrasian king Carloman I dies, leaving his brother Charlemagne as sole king of the Frankish Kingdom. 963 ??? The lay papal protonotary is elected pope and takes the name Leo VIII, being consecrated on 6 December after ordination. 1110 ??? An army led by Baldwin I of Jerusalem and Sigurd the Crusader of Norway captures Sidon at the end of the First Crusade. 1259 ??? Kings Louis IX of France and Henry III of England agree to the Treaty of Paris, in which Henry renounces his claims to French-controlled territory on continental Europe (including Normandy) in exchange for Louis withdrawing his support for English rebels. 1563 ??? The final session of the Council of Trent is held nearly 18 years after the body...
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December 4. December 4 is the 338th day of the year (339th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 27 days remain until the end of the year.
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December 3. December 3 is the 337th day of the year (338th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 28 days remain until the end of the year.
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December 3. December 3 is the 337th day of the year (338th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 28 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 915 ??? Pope John X crowns Berengar I of Italy as Holy Roman Emperor (probable date). 1601???1900 1775 ??? American Revolutionary War: USS Alfred becomes the first vessel to fly the Grand Union Flag (the precursor to the Stars and Stripes); the flag is hoisted by John Paul Jones. 1799 ??? War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Wiesloch: Austrian Lieutenant Field Marshal Anton Szt??ray defeats the French at Wiesloch. 1800 ??? War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Hohenlinden: French General Jean Victor Marie Moreau decisively defeats the Archduke John of Austria near Munich. Coupled with First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte's earlier...
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December 2. December 2 is the 336th day of the year (337th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 29 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 1244 ??? Pope Innocent IV arrives at Lyon for the First Council of Lyon. 1409 ??? The University of Leipzig opens. 1601???1900 1697 ??? St Paul's Cathedral, rebuilt to the design of Sir Christopher Wren following the Great Fire of London, is consecrated. 1763 ??? Dedication of the Touro Synagogue, in Newport, Rhode Island, the first synagogue in what will become the United States. 1766 ??? Swedish parliament approves the Swedish Freedom of the Press Act and implements it as a ground law, thus being first in the world with freedom of speech. 1804 ??? At Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Napoleon Bonaparte crowns himself Emperor...
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December 2. December 2 is the 336th day of the year (337th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 29 days remain until the end of the year.
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December. twelfth month in the Julian and Gregorian calendars
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December 1. December 1 is the 335th day of the year (336th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 30 days remain until the end of the year.
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December 1. December 1 is the 335th day of the year (336th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 30 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 800 ??? A council is convened in the Vatican, at which Charlemagne is to judge the accusations against Pope Leo III. 1420 ??? Henry V of England enters Paris alongside his father-in-law King Charles VI of France. 1577 ??? Courtiers Christopher Hatton and Thomas Heneage are knighted by Queen Elizabeth I of England. 1601???1900 1640 ??? End of the Iberian Union: Portugal acclaims as King Jo??o IV of Portugal, ending 59 years of personal union of the crowns of Portugal and Spain and the end of the rule of the Philippine Dynasty. 1662 ??? Diarist John Evelyn records skating on the frozen lake in St James's Park, London, watched by Charles...
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November 30. November 30 is the 334th day of the year (335th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 31 days remain until the end of the year.
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