Historical Events in December, Month of December Events

Here is a list of some historical events in December. You can learn What major event happened in December?

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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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