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Dec 13 Emperor Ferdinand II delegates 1st anti-Reformation decree
- Dec 18 English parliament accept unanimously, Protestation
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Dec 25 Governor William Bradford of Plymouth Colony (now in Massachusetts) forbids game playing on Christmas
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Dec 30 English King James I cracks Protestation of Parliament
- Dec 31 Hungarian King Bethlen Gabor and Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II sign the Treaty of Mikulov