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December 23. December 23 is the 357th day of the year (358th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; eight days remain until the end of the year.
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December 23. December 23 is the 357th day of the year (358th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; eight days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 484 ??? The Arian Vandal Kingdom ceases its persecution of Nicene Christianity. 558 ??? Chlothar I is crowned King of the Franks. 583 ??? Maya queen Yohl Ik'nal is crowned ruler of Palenque. 962 ??? The Sack of Aleppo as part of the Arab???Byzantine wars: Under the future Emperor Nicephorus Phocas, Byzantine troops storm the city of Aleppo. 1598 ??? Arauco War: Governor of Chile Mart??n Garc??a ????ez de Loyola is killed in the Battle of Curalaba by Mapuches led by Pelantaru. 1601???1900 1688 ??? As part of the Glorious Revolution, King James II of England flees from England to Paris after being deposed in favor of his son-in...
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December 22. December 22 is the 356th day of the year (357th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; nine days remain until the end of the year.
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December 22. December 22 is the 356th day of the year (357th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; nine days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 AD 69 ??? Vespasian is proclaimed Emperor of Rome; his predecessor, Vitellius, attempts to abdicate but is captured and killed at the Gemonian stairs. 401 ??? Pope Innocent I is elected, the only pope to succeed his father in the office. 856 ??? Damghan earthquake: An earthquake near the Persian city of Damghan kills an estimated 200,000 people, the sixth deadliest earthquake in recorded history. 880 ??? Luoyang, eastern capital of the Tang dynasty, is captured by rebel leader Huang Chao during the reign of Emperor Xizong. 1135 ??? Three weeks after the death of King Henry I of England, Stephen of Blois claims the throne and is privately crowned King of England, beginning the English Anarchy. 1216 ??? Pope...
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December 21. December 21 is the 355th day of the year (356th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 10 days remain until the end of the year.
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December 21. December 21 is the 355th day of the year (356th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 10 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 AD 69 ??? The Roman Senate declares Vespasian emperor of Rome, the last in the Year of the Four Emperors. 1124 ??? Pope Honorius II is consecrated, having been elected after the controversial dethroning of Pope Celestine II. 1140 ??? After a siege of several weeks, the city of Weinsberg and its castle surrender to Conrad III of Germany. 1237 ??? The city of Ryazan is sacked by the Mongol army of Batu Khan. 1361 ??? The Battle of Linuesa is fought in the context of the Spanish Reconquista between the forces of the Emirate of Granada and the combined army of the Kingdom of Castile and of Ja??n resulting in a Castilian victory. 1598 ??? Battle of Curalaba: The revolting Mapuche, led by cacique Pelentaru, inflict...
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December 20. December 20 is the 354th day of the year (355th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 11 days remain until the end of the year.
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December 20. December 20 is the 354th day of the year (355th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 11 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 AD 69 ??? Antonius Primus enters Rome to claim the title of Emperor for Nero's former general Vespasian. 1192 ??? Richard I of England is captured and imprisoned by Leopold V of Austria on his way home to England after the Third Crusade. 1334 ??? Cardinal Jacques Fournier, a Cistercian monk, is elected Pope Benedict XII. 1601???1900 1803 ??? The Louisiana Purchase is completed at a ceremony in New Orleans. 1808 ??? Peninsular War: The Siege of Zaragoza begins. 1832 ??? HMS Clio under the command of Captain Onslow arrives at Port Egmont under orders to take possession of the Falkland Islands. 1848 ??? French...
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December 19. December 19 is the 353rd day of the year (354th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 12 days remain until the end of the year.
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December 19. December 19 is the 353rd day of the year (354th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 12 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 1154 ??? Henry II of England is crowned at Westminster Abbey. 1187 ??? Pope Clement III is elected. 1490 ??? Anne, Duchess of Brittany, is married to Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor by proxy. 1562 ??? The Battle of Dreux takes place during the French Wars of Religion. 1601???1900 1606 ??? The ships Susan Constant, Godspeed, and Discovery depart England carrying settlers who founded, at Jamestown, Virginia, the first of the thirteen colonies that became the United States. 1675 ??? The Great Swamp Fight, a pivotal battle in King Philip's War, gives the English settlers a bitterly won victory. ...
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December 18. December 18 is the 352nd day of the year (353rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 13 days remain until the end of the year.
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December 18. December 18 is the 352nd day of the year (353rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 13 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 1118 ??? The city of Zaragoza is conquered by king Alfonso I of Aragon from the Almoravid. 1271 ??? Kublai Khan renames his empire "Yuan" (??? yu??n), officially marking the start of the Yuan dynasty of Mongolia and China. 1499 ??? A rebellion breaks out in Alpujarras in response to the forced conversions of Muslims in Spain. 1601???1900 1622 ??? Portuguese forces score a military victory over the Kingdom of Kongo at the Battle of Mbumbi in present-day Angola. 1655 ??? The Whitehall Conference ends with the determination that there was no law preventing Jews from re-entering England after the Edict of Expulsion of 1290. 1777...
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December 17. December 17 is the 351st day of the year (352nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 14 days remain until the end of the year.
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December 17. December 17 is the 351st day of the year (352nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 14 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 497 BC ??? The first Saturnalia festival was celebrated in ancient Rome. 546 ??? Siege of Rome: The Ostrogoths under king Totila plunder the city, by bribing the Eastern Roman garrison. 920 ??? Romanos I Lekapenos is crowned co-emperor of the underage Constantine VII. 942 ??? Assassination of William I of Normandy. 1297 ??? King Kyawswa of Pagan is overthrown by the three Myinsaing brothers, marking the de facto end of the Pagan Kingdom. 1354 ??? Margaret II, Countess of Hainaut and Holy Roman Empress and her son William I, Duke of Bavaria, sign a peace treaty ending the Hook and Cod wars. 1398 ??? Sultan Nasir-u Din Mehmud's armies in Delhi are defeated by Timur....
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December 16. December 16 is the 350th day of the year (351st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 15 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 714 ??? Pepin of Herstal, mayor of the Merovingian palace, dies at Jupille (modern Belgium). He is succeeded by his infant grandson Theudoald, while his widow Plectrude holds actual power in the Frankish Kingdom. 755 ??? An Lushan revolts against Chancellor Yang Guozhong at Yanjing, initiating the An Lushan Rebellion during the Tang dynasty of China. 1431 ??? Hundred Years' War: Henry VI of England is crowned King of France at Notre Dame in Paris. 1497 ??? Vasco da Gama passes the Great Fish River at the southern tip of Africa, where Bartolomeu Dias had previously turned back to Portugal. 1575 ??? An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 8.5Mw strikes Valdivia, Chile. 1598 ??? Seven-Year War...
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December 16. December 16 is the 350th day of the year (351st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 15 days remain until the end of the year.
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December 15. December 15 is the 349th day of the year (350th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 16 days remain until the end of the year.
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December 15. December 15 is the 349th day of the year (350th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 16 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 533 ??? Vandalic War: Byzantine general Belisarius defeats the Vandals, commanded by King Gelimer, at the Battle of Tricamarum. 687 ??? Pope Sergius I is elected as a compromise between antipopes Paschal and Theodore. 1025 ??? Constantine VIII becomes sole emperor of the Byzantine Empire, 63 years after being crowned co-emperor. 1161 ??? Jin???Song wars: Military officers conspire against the emperor Wanyan Liang of the Jin dynasty after a military defeat at the Battle of Caishi, and assassinate the emperor at his camp. 1167 ??? Sicilian Chancellor Stephen du Perche moves the royal court to Messina to prevent a rebellion. 1256 ??? Mongol forces under Hulagu enter and dismantle the Nizari Ismaili (Assassin) stronghold...
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December 14. December 14 is the 348th day of the year (349th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 17 days remain until the end of the year.
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December 14. December 14 is the 348th day of the year (349th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 17 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 557 ??? Constantinople is severely damaged by an earthquake, which cracks the dome of Hagia Sophia. 835 ??? Sweet Dew Incident: Emperor Wenzong of the Tang dynasty conspires to kill the powerful eunuchs of the Tang court, but the plot is foiled. 1287 ??? St. Lucia's flood: The Zuiderzee sea wall in the Netherlands collapses, killing over 50,000 people. 1542 ??? Princess Mary Stuart becomes Queen of Scots at the age of one week on the death of her father, James V of Scotland. 1601???1900 1751 ??? The Theresian Military Academy is founded in Wiener Neustadt, Austria. 1780 ??? Founding Father Alexander Hamilton marries Elizabeth...
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December 13. December 13 is the 347th day of the year (348th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 18 days remain until the end of the year.
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December 13. December 13 is the 347th day of the year (348th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 18 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 1294 ??? Saint Celestine V resigns the papacy after only five months to return to his previous life as an ascetic hermit. 1545 ??? The Council of Trent begins as the embodiment of the Counter-Reformation. 1577 ??? Sir Francis Drake sets sail from Plymouth, England, on his round-the-world voyage. 1601???1900 1623 ??? The Plymouth Colony establishes the system of trial by 12-men jury in the American colonies. 1636 ??? The Massachusetts Bay Colony organizes three militia regiments to defend the colony against the Pequot Indians, a date now considered the founding of the National Guard of the United States. 1642 ??? Abel Tasman...
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December 12. December 12 is the 346th day of the year (347th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 19 days remain until the end of the year.
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December 12. December 12 is the 346th day of the year (347th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 19 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 627 ??? Battle of Nineveh: A Byzantine army under Emperor Heraclius defeats Emperor Khosrau II's Persian forces, commanded by General Rhahzadh. 1388 ??? Maria of Enghien sells the lordship of Argos and Nauplia to the Republic of Venice. 1601???1900 1787 ??? Pennsylvania becomes the second state to ratify the US Constitution. 1862 ??? American Civil War: USS Cairo sinks on the Yazoo River. 1866 ??? Oaks explosion: The worst mining disaster in England kills 361 miners and rescuers. 1870 ??? Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina becomes the second black U.S. congressman....
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