Things have been a bit hectic, and I apologize that this post is late.
December 16
1431 AD - King Henry VI of England crowned King of France
1598 AD - Final battle of the 7-Years war between Korea and Japan is fought
1617 AD - Spain founds the provinces of Argentina (Rio de le Plata) and Paraguay (Guaira)
1631 AD - Mt. Vesuvius in Italy erupts destroying 6 villages and killing 4,000
1653 AD - Oliver Cromwell sworn in as Lord Protector of England
1707 AD - Last recorded eruption of Mt. Fuji in Japan
December 17
546 AD - the Ostrogoths conquer Rome by bribing the Byzantine garrison
1526 AD - Pope Clement VII publishes the decree forming the Inquisition
1538 AD - Pope Paul III excommunicates King Henry VIII of England
December 18
1271 AD - Kublai Khan renames is empire "Yuan", officially marking the start of the Yuan Dynasty in China
December 19
1154 AD - King Henry II crowned King of England
December 20
1192 AD - King Richard the Lionheart captured in Vienna
1522 AD - Sulelman the Magnificent accepts the surrender of the surviving Knights of Rhodes, who
evacuate to the island of Malta and eventually become known as the Knights of Malta
1600 AD - The Rinuccini/Cacini opera "Euridice" is published
1606 AD - Virginia Company settlers leave London for Jamestown, Virginia
1669 AD - The first jury trial is held in Delaware, American Colonies
December 22
1135 AD - Norman nobles recognize Stephen of Blois as the English King
December 23
962 AD - Byzantine troops storm the city of Aleppo in Syria
1620 AD - French Huguenots declare war on King Louis XIII
1672 AD - Giovanni Cassini discovers Rhea, a satellite of Saturn
December 24
563 AD - The Hagia Sophia (church) in Constantinople is dedicated for the 2nd time after being destroyed
by earthquakes
1476 AD - 400 Burgundian soldiers freeze to death during the siege of Nancy
December 25
597 AD - England adopts the Julian calendar
800 AD - Charlemagne crowned Roman Emperor by Pope Leo III
1066 AD - William the Conqueror crowned King of England
1100 AD - Boudouin I of Boulogne crowned King of Jerusalem
1223 AD - St. Francis of Assisi assembles the first Nativity scene
1492 AD - Columbus' ship the Santa Mario runs aground and sinks on Hispaniola (Haiti)
1553 AD - Spanish conquistadores are defeated by Mapuche rebels and the governor of Chile is executed
1599 AD - City of Natal, Brazil is founded
December 26
795 AD - St. Leo III begins his reign as the Catholic Pope
1198 AD - French Bishop Odo von Sully condemns "Zottenfeest" or "The Feast of Fools", believed to
be an incarnation of Saturnalia and therefore immoral
1492 AD - First Spanish settlement, La Navidad (modern Mole-Saint-Nicholas), founded by Columbus in
the New World
1620 AD - Pilgrims from England arrive at Plymouth Rock, in what is now Massachusetts
1620 AD - The crimes of Elizabeth Bathory, "The Blood Countess" are uncovered
December 28
1065 AD - Westminster Abbey in London is consecrated
1308 AD - The reign of emperor Hanazono begins in Japan
1732 AD - First known ad for "Poor Richard's Almanack" appears in the Pennsylvania Gazette
December 29
1170 AD - Assassination of Thomas Beckett, Archbishop of Canterbury inside Canterbury Cathedral
by followers of King Henry II. He subsequently becomes a martyr and saint for both the
Roman Catholic and Anglican Churches
1503 AD - France is beaten by Spain in the Battle of Carigliano
1708 AD - The Great Alliance occupies Gent
December 30
1317 AD - Pontifical decree "Sancta Romania" against spiritualists
1460 AD - Battle of Wakefield in the Wars of the Roses
1621 AD - English King James I cracks Protestation of Parliament
1689 AD - Purcell's and Tate's opera "Dido and Aeneas" premieres in Chesea
1703 AD - Tokyo hit by an earthquake which kills 37,000 people
December 31
406 AD - The Rhine at Mainz is attacked by 80,000 Vandals
535 AD - Byzantine general Belisariaus completes the conquest of Sicily
870 AD - Skirmish at Englefield, in which Ethelred of England defeats the Danes
1229 AD - James I of Aragon enters Medina Mayurqua (now Palma, Spain) thus consummating the
Christian conquest of the island of Majorca
1502 AD - Cesare Borgia (son of Pope Alexander VI and brother to Lucretia) occupies Urbino
1600 AD - British East India Company is chartered
1687 AD - The first Huguenots depart France for the Cape of Good Hope
1695 AD - A window tax is imposed in England, resulting in numerous shopkeepers bricking up their
windows to avoid paying the tax
No comments:
Post a Comment