Events in History
- 557 Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire, is significantly damaged by a 6.4 magnitude earthquake
- 644 Uthman ibn Affan, companion of Muhammad, appointed 3rd Caliph of Islam
- 835 Chinese Emperor Wenzong conspires with chancellor Li Xun and general Zheng Zhu to kill all the eunuchs, but the plot is foiled. Also known as the Sweet Dew Incident
- 867 Adrian II begins his reign as Catholic Pope
- 872 John VIII elected as Catholic Pope
- 1124 Theobald Buccapecus elected Pope Coelestinus II (he refuses)
- 1287 During St. Lucia's Flood in Northwest Netherlands the Zuiderzee seawall collapses with loss of over 50,000 lives. Fifth largest recorded flood in history
- 1542 Princess Mary Stuart succeeds her father James V and becomes Queen Mary I of Scotland at 6 days old
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Nostradamus
Tycho Brahe
George VI
Jimmy Doolittle
Shirley Jackson
Dilma RousseffWeddings in History
- 1490 Anna van Bretagne marries a proxy Maximilian of Austria
- 1780 US founding father Alexander Hamilton (25) weds Elizabeth Schuyler (23) at Schuyler Mansion in Albany, New York
More Weddings in History
Vlad the Impaler
James V
George Washington
Stanley Baldwin
Walter Lippmann
Andrei SakharovDecember in History
Heartbreak and Tragedy for Captain Scott
Beaten to the South Pole by Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen on this day, only despair and death awaited British explorer Captain Robert Scott.
December 14, 1911
Dayton Agreement
The full and official signing of the Dayton Agreement in Paris, France
December 14, 1995
The Tower that Twice Defied Hitler
The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of France and twice managed to upstage Adolf Hitler. The man who built it, Gustave Eiffel was born on this day.
December 15, 1832
Bill of Rights
The bill of rights as it was created on September 25, 1789
December 15, 1791