Events 401 - 410 of 410
- Dec 17 Austrian troops beat Russians in Limanova Poland
- Dec 17 Great Britain declares Egypt a protectorate
- Dec 17 Jews are expelled from Tel Aviv by Turkish authorities
Film Release
Dec 21 1st feature-length silent film comedy "Tillie's Punctured Romance" released starring Marie Dressler, Mabel Normand and Charlie Chaplin

Marie Dressler

Charlie Chaplin
- Dec 21 2,800 African miners strike at the Van Rhyn Deep mines in a bid to redress some of their grievances
- Dec 23 World War I: Australian and New Zealand troops arrive in Cairo, Egypt
- Dec 24 German plane drops bombs on Dover, England
- Dec 25 Legendary "Christmas Truce" takes place on the battlefields of WWI between British and German troops. Instead of fighting, soldiers exchange gifts and play football
- Dec 26 US Government protests British interference with American merchant ships at sea, on the same day Germans announce they will treat food as contraband, subject to seizure; weakens America's protest
- Dec 28 Turks are repulsed by the Russians after fighting in Armenia for weeks