Famous Birthdays
- Dec 24 Ignatius of Loyola, Spanish founder of the Jesuit order, born in Azpeitia, Spain (d. 1556)
Jacques Cartier
Dec 31 Jacques Cartier, French explorer who claimed what is now Canada for France, born in St. Malo, Brittany (d. 1557)
Jacques Cartier
Famous Weddings
- Dec 6 King Charles VIII of France marries Anna of Bretagne
Famous Deaths
- Dec 3 Thomas Basin, French historian/bishop of Lisieux, dies