Historical Events in December, Month of December Events
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| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| December 13, 1294 | Saint Celestine V resigns the papacy after only five months to return to his previous life as an ascetic hermit. |
| December 24, 1939 | World War II: Pope Pius XII makes a Christmas Eve appeal for peace. |
| December 27, 1655 | Second Northern War/the Deluge: Monks at the Jasna Góra Monastery in Częstochowa are successful in fending off a month-long siege. |
| December 25, 36 | Forces of Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han, under the command of Wu Han, conquer the separatist Chengjia empire, reuniting China. |
| December 26, 1948 | The last Soviet troops withdraw from North Korea. |
| December 1, 1865 | Shaw University, the first historically black university in the southern United States, is founded in Raleigh, North Carolina. |
| December 22, 1216 | Pope Honorius III approves the Dominican Order through the papal bull of confirmation Religiosam vitam. |
| December 16, 1944 | World War II: The Battle of the Bulge begins with the surprise offensive of three German armies through the Ardennes forest. |
| December 5, 1847 | Jefferson Davis is elected to the U.S. Senate. |
| December 31, 1968 | MacRobertson Miller Airlines Flight 1750 crashes near Port Hedland, Western Australia, killing all 26 people on board. |
| December 16, 1811 | The first two in a series of four severe earthquakes occur in the vicinity of New Madrid, Missouri. |
| December 20, 1808 | Peninsular War: The Siege of Zaragoza begins. |
| December 29, 1996 | Guatemala and leaders of Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity sign a peace accord ending a 36-year civil war. |
| December 11, 1907 | The New Zealand Parliament Buildings are almost completely destroyed by fire. |
| December 2, 1956 | The Granma reaches the shores of Cuba's Oriente Province. Fidel Castro, Che Guevara and 80 other members of the 26th of July Movement disembark to initiate the Cuban Revolution. |
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