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December 9 is the 343rd day (344th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 22 days remaining. The Gregorian calendar is the calendar that is used nearly everywhere in the world. ...
December is the twelfth and last month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ...
December 1 is the 335th (in leap years the 336th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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December 26 is the 360th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, 361st in leap years. ...
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December 29 is the 363rd day of the year (364th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 2 days remaining. ...
December 30 is the 364th day of the year (365th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 1 day remaining. ...
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2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Events
- 1425 - The Catholic University of Leuven is founded
- 1531 - First apparition of the Virgen Mary to Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin on Tepeyac Hill
- 1793 - New York City's first daily newspaper, the American Minerva, is established by Noah Webster.
- 1824 - Battle of Ayacucho: Peruvian nationalists led by Antonio José de Sucre defeat Spanish colonial forces and secure the independence of Peru.
- 1835 - The Republic of Texas captures San Antonio.
- 1851 - The first YMCA in North America is established in Montreal, Quebec.
- 1856 - The Iranian city of Bushehr surrenders to occupying British forces.
- 1861 - American Civil War: The Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War is established by the U.S. Congress.
- 1872 - In Louisiana, P. B. S. Pinchback becomes the first serving African-American governor of a U.S. state.
- 1888 - Statistician Herman Hollerith installs his self-designed computing device at the United States War Department.
- 1897 - Activist Marguerite Durand founds the feminist daily newspaper, La Fronde in Paris.
- 1905 - In France, the law separating church and state is passed.
- 1931 - The Constituent Cortes approves the constitution which establishes the Second Spanish Republic.
- 1937 - Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanjing - Japanese troops under the command of Lt. Gen. Asaka Yasuhiko launch an assault on the Chinese city of Nanjing.
- 1940 - World War II: Operation Compass - British and Indian troops under the command of Major-General Richard O'Connor attack Italian forces near Sidi Barrani in Egypt.
- 1941 - World War II: The Republic of China, Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea and Cuba declare war on Germany and Japan.
- 1945 - General George S. Patton is injured in an automobile crash in occupied Germany. He dies twelve days later.
- 1946 - The "Trials of War Criminals before the Nuremberg Military Tribunals" began with the "Doctors' Trial", prosecuting doctors alleged to be involved in human experimentation.
- 1950 - Harry Gold is sentenced to thirty years in jail for helping Klaus Fuchs pass information about the Manhattan Project to the Soviet Union. His testimony is later instrumental in the prosecution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.
- 1953 - Red Scare: General Electric announces that all communist employees will be discharged from the company
- 1958 - Red Scare: The John Birch Society founded in the United States.
- 1960 - The first episode of ITV soap-opera Coronation Street is aired.
- 1961 - The trial of Nazi Adolf Eichmann in Israel ends with him being found guilty of 15 criminal charges, including charges of crimes against humanity, crimes against the Jewish people and membership of an outlawed organization.
- 1961 - Tanganyika becomes independent from Britain.
- 1968 - Douglas Engelbart publicly demonstrates his pioneering hypertext system, NLS, in San Francisco.
- 1982 - Activist Norman Mayer threatens to blow up the Washington Monument, before being killed by United States Park Police.
- 1987 - Israeli-Palestinian conflict: The First Intifada begins in the Gaza Strip and West Bank
- 1990 - Lech Wałęsa becomes the first directly elected president of Poland.
- 1992 - The separation of Charles, Prince of Wales and Diana, Princess of Wales is announced
- 2001 - Chris Jericho unifies the WWE Championship and WCW World Heavyweight Championship for the first time ever at WWE Vengeance.
- 2005 - The draw for the 2006 Football World Cup takes place in Leipzig, Germany.
- 2005 - The last regular Routemaster bus service in London, route 159, ends.
Events Foundation of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium Births John II, Duke of Lorraine (died 1470) Edmund Sutton, English nobleman (died 1483) Deaths January 18 - Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, English politician (born 1391) March 17 - Ashikaga Yoshikazu, Japanese shogun (born 1407) May 24 - Murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of...
// Location The Gothic Leuven Town Hall Leuven listen â¶(?) is the capital of the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. ...
Events January 26 - Lisbon, Portugal is hit by an earthquake-- thousands die October 1 - Battle of Kappel - The forces of Zürich are defeated by the Catholic cantons. ...
Tradition maintains that Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin was an indigenous Mexican who had a vision of the Virgin Mary as Our Lady of Guadalupe. ...
1793 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the state of New York and the entire United States. ...
Noah Webster Noah Webster (October 16, 1758 â May 28, 1843) was an American lexicographer, textbook author, Bible translator, spelling reformer, writer, and editor. ...
1824 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...
The Battle of Ayacucho took place during the final phase of Perus War of Independence. ...
Antonio José de Sucre Antonio José de Sucre (February 3, 1795 - June 4, 1830) was a South American independence leader, and one of Simón BolÃvars closest friends, generals and statesmen. ...
1835 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...
Official language English de facto nationwide also Spanish, French, German and Native American languages regionally Capital Washington-on-the-Brazos (1836) Harrisburg (1836) Galveston (1836) Velasco (1836) Houston (1837â1839) Austin (1839â1845) Largest city Houston, Texas Presidents David G. Burnet, Sam Houston, Mirabeau B. Lamar, Anson Jones Area 261...
Downtown San Antonio as viewed from the Tower of the Americas Motto: Nickname: Alamo City Location in Texas Founded Incorporated 1731 County Bexar County Borough Parrish Mayor Phil Hardberger Area - Total - Water 1,067. ...
1851 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
YMCAs in the United States and Canada use this logo. ...
World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America North America is a continent in the northern hemisphere bordered on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the east by the North Atlantic Ocean, on the south by the Caribbean Sea, and on the west by the...
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1856 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
Bushehr or Bushire (Ø¨ÙØ´Ùر), pop. ...
1861 is a common year starting on Tuesday. ...
The American Civil War (1861â1865) was fought in North America within the United States of America, between twenty-four mostly northern states of the Union and the Confederate States of America, a coalition of eleven southern states that declared their independence and claimed the right of secession from the...
The Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War was a United States Congressional investigating committee created to handle issues surrounding the American Civil War. ...
Seal of the Congress. ...
1872 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
State nickname: Pelican State Official languages None; English and French de facto Capital Baton Rouge Largest city New Orleans at last official government census, but probably Baton Rouge since Hurricane Katrina Governor Kathleen Blanco (D) Senators Mary Landrieu (D) David Vitter (R) Area - Total - % water Ranked 31st 134,382 km...
Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback (May 10, 1837 - December 21, 1921) was the first African-American to become governor of a U.S. State. ...
An African American (also Afro-American, Black American, or simply black), is a member of an ethnic group in the United States whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Africa. ...
1888 is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ...
Herman Hollerith (1860-1929) Herman Hollerith (February 29, 1860 â November 17, 1929) was an American statistician who developed the Jacquards punched card idea to represent the census data, and to then read and collate this data using an automatic machine. ...
The United States Department of War was the military department of the United States governments executive branch from 1789 until 1949, when it became part of the United States Department of Defense. ...
1897 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
Marguerite Durand, born January 24, 1864 – died March 16, 1936, was a French stage actress, journalist, and a leading suffragette. ...
Feminism is a social theory and political movement primarily informed and motivated by the experience of women. ...
For the historical disturbances in France, see Fronde La Fronde (The Sling) was a feminist newspaper first published in Paris, France on December 9, 1897 by activist Marguerite Durand (1864-1936). ...
The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ...
1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
1905 caricature depicting the separation of the church and state. ...
1931 (MCMXXXI) is a common year starting on Thursday. ...
Constituent Cortes (Cortes constituyentes) is the description of the Cortes (Spanish parliament) when convened as a constituent assembly. ...
History of Spain series Prehistoric Spain Roman Spain Medieval Spain -Visigoths -Al-Andalus -Age of Reconquest Age of Expansion Age of Enlightenment Reaction and Revolution First Spanish Republic The Restoration Second Spanish Republic Spanish Civil War The Dictatorship Modern Spain Topics Economic History Military History Social History Flag of the...
1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Combatants National Revolutionary Army, Republic of China Imperial Japanese Army, Empire of Japan Commanders Chiang Kai-shek, Yan Xishan, Feng Yuxiang, Zhu De,He Yingqin Tojo Hideki, Matsui Iwane, Minami Jiro,Kesago Nakajima,Toshizo Nishio,Neiji Okamura. ...
The Battle of Nanjing began after the fall of Shanghai in October 9, 1937 ,and ended with the fall of the capital city of Nanjing in December, 1937 to Japanese troops, a few days after the Republic of China Government had evacuated the city and relocated to Chongqing. ...
Asaka Yasuhiko (朝香鳩彦 Asaka Yasuhiko, 2 October 1887 - 13 April 1981), Prince Asakanomiya (朝香宮) of Japan, was a member of the Japanese imperial family and a career army officer. ...
Nanjing (Chinese: å京; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Nan-ching; Postal System Pinyin: Nanking), is the capital of Chinas Jiangsu Province and a city with a prominent place in Chinese history and culture. ...
1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...
World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrination, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons such as the atom bomb. ...
Operation Compass was a World War II Allied military operation in the Western Desert Campaign. ...
Sir Richard Nugent OConnor (1889 - 1981) was a British Army General who commanded the Western Desert Force in the first years of World War II. The Italian Offensive OConnors plan to defend Egypt was to use a screen of light tanks and armored cars, supported by artillery...
Sidi Barrani is a village in Egypt, ~95km from the border with Libya, and ~240km from Tobruk. ...
For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
National motto: None Official language Mandarin Chinese Capital and largest city Taipei President Chen Shui-bian Premier Frank Hsieh Area - Total - % water Ranked 138th 35,980 km² 2. ...
The Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea was a government in exile based in Shanghai, China and later in Chongqing. ...
1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...
General is a high military rank, used by nearly every country in the world. ...
George S. Patton, Jr. ...
1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...
The Subsequent Nuremberg Trials (or, more formally, the Trials of War Criminals before the Nuremberg Military Tribunals (NMT)) were a series of twelve U.S. military trials for war crimes against surviving members of the military, political, and economical leadership of Nazi Germany, held in Nuremberg after World War II...
Karl Brandt at the Doctors Trial The Doctors Trial (or, officially, United States of America v. ...
During World War II, the Nazi regime in Germany conducted human medical experimentation on large numbers of people held in its concentration camps. ...
1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Harry Gold born 12 December 1910 in Philadelphia, Pennsyvania. ...
Klaus Fuchs ID badge photo from Los Alamos. ...
Control panels and operators for calutrons at the Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. ...
The Rosenbergs Ethel Greenglass Rosenberg (1915-1953) and Julius Rosenberg (1918-1953) were American Communists who captured and maintained world attention after being tried, convicted, and executed for spying for the Soviet Union. ...
1953 (MCMLIII) is a common year starting on Thursday. ...
This article contains information that has not been verified and thus might not be reliable. ...
The General Electric Company, or GE (NYSE: GE) is a multinational technology and services company. ...
Communism - Wikipedia /**/ @import /w/skins-1. ...
1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The John Birch Society (JBS) is an ultra-conservative organization that was founded in 1958 to fight the threat of Communism and other un-American influences in the United States and promote the free-enterprise system. ...
1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Independent Television (ITV) is the name given to the original network of British commercial television broadcasters, set up to provide competition to the BBC. In England and Wales the channel was recently rebranded ITV1 by ITV plc who own the regional broadcasting licences for the regions. ...
Coronation Street is Britains longest-running television soap opera, and the UKs consistently highest-rated show. ...
1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...
It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Nazism. ...
Adolf Eichmann, Germany 1940 Photo from United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Photo Archives. ...
Flag of Tanganyika Tanganyika was an East African republic within the British Commonwealth, named after Lake Tanganyika, which formed its western border. ...
1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ...
Douglas Engelbart Dr. Douglas C. Engelbart (born January 30, 1925 in Oregon) is an American inventor of Norwegian descent. ...
In computing, hypertext is a user interface paradigm for displaying documents which, according to an early definition (Nelson 1970), branch or perform on request. ...
The NLS workstation showing the CRT display, keyboard, pushbuttons, and mouse NLS, or the oNLine System, was a revolutionary computer collaboration system designed by Douglas Engelbart and the researchers at the Augmentation Research Center (ARC) at the Stanford Research Institute (SRI) during the 1960s. ...
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1982 (MCMLXXXII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Mayer protesting Norman David Mayer (March 31, 1916 - December 9, 1982) was an anti-nuclear weapons activist who was shot and killed by the United States Park Police after threatening to blow up the Washington Monument. ...
Washington Monument The Washington Monument usually refers to the large white-colored obelisk in the center of the National Mall in Washington, D.C., built as a memorial to George Washington, the first President of the United States and the leader of the revolutionary Continental Army, which won independence from...
The United States Park Police is the oldest uniformed federal law enforcement agency in the United States. ...
1987 (MCMLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Israel, the West Bank and Gaza Strip are at the center of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. ...
This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...
This article is about the year. ...
Office President of Poland Term of office from December 22, 1990 until December 23, 1995 Profession Electrician and shipyard worker Political party none, see Solidarity for details Spouse Danuta WaÅÄsa Date of birth September 29, 1943 Place of birth Popowo, Poland Date of death Place of death Lech Wa...
1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ...
The Prince of Wales His Royal Highness The Prince Charles Philip Arthur George, Prince of Wales (born 14 November 1948), is the eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. ...
Diana, Princess of Wales (Diana Frances Mountbatten-Windsor, née Spencer) (1 July 1961â31 August 1997) was the first wife of The Prince Charles, Prince of Wales. ...
2001: A Space Odyssey. ...
Christopher Keith Irvine (born November 9, 1970), better known as Chris Jericho, is a musician, media personality and (currently inactive) professional wrestler, best known for his stint in World Wrestling Entertainment from August 9, 1999 to August 2005. ...
John Cenas customized version of the WWE Championship The World Wrestling Entertainment Championship, also known as the WWE Championship or WWE Heavyweight Championship, is one of the two top championships contested in World Wrestling Entertainment. ...
The World Championship Wrestling World Heavyweight Championship (sometimes simply WCW Championship, WCW Title, or World Title) was the primary championship in the World Championship Wrestling professional wrestling organization. ...
Vengeance 2005 promo poster, featuring Batista and Triple H WWE Vengeance is an annual WWE event, which started in 2001 replacing WWE Armageddon for that year and eventually took over Fully Loadeds pay-per-view spot in 2002. ...
2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The final stages of the 2006 Football World Cup (officially titled 2006 FIFA World Cup Germanyâ¢) are scheduled to take place in Germany between 9 June and 9 July. ...
Map of Germany showing Leipzig Leipzig [ˈlaiptsɪç] (Sorbian/Lusatian: Lipsk) is the largest city in the federal state (Bundesland) of Saxony in Germany. ...
First London AEC Routemaster, RML 2473 (JJD 473D), on route 7 approaching Ladbroke Grove tube station in April 2002. ...
Part of the London skyline viewed from the South Bank London is the most populous city in the European Union, with an estimated population on 1 January 2005 of 7,421,328 and a metropolitan area population of between 12 and 14 million. ...
Births - 1447 - Chenghua, Emperor of China (d. 1487)
- 1508 - Gemma Frisius, Dutch mathematician and cartographer (d. 1555)
- 1561 - Sir Edwin Sandys, British-born Virginian colonist (d. 1629)
- 1571 - Metius (Adriaan Adriaanszoon), Dutch mathematician and astronomer (d. 1635)
- 1579 - Martin de Porres, Peruvian saint (d. 1639)
- 1594 - King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden (d. 1632)
- 1608 - John Milton, English poet (d. 1674)
- 1610 - Baldassare Ferri, Italian castrato (d. 1680)
- 1667 - William Whiston, English mathematician (d. 1752)
- 1748 - Claude Louis Berthollet, French chemist (d. 1822)
- 1842 - Peter Kropotkin, Russian anarchist (d. 1921)
- 1850 - Emma Abbott, American soprano (d. 1891)
- 1868 - Fritz Haber, German chemist and Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1934)
- 1871 - Joe Kelley, American baseball player (d. 1943)
- 1876 - Berton Churchill, American actor (d. 1940)
- 1882 - Joaquín Turina, Spanish composer (d. 1949)
- 1886 - Clarence Birdseye, American frozen food manufacturer (d. 1956)
- 1889 - Hannes Kolehmainen, Finnish long-distance runner and Olympic gold medalist (d. 1966)
- 1897 - Hermione Gingold, British actress (d. 1987)
- 1898 - Emmett Kelly, American circus clown (d. 1979)
- 1899 - Jean de Brunhoff, French author (d. 1937)
- 1901 - Ödön von Horváth, Hungarian-born writer (d. 1938)
- 1901 - Jean Mermoz, French pilot (d. 1936)
- 1902 - Margaret Hamilton, American actress (d. 1985)
- 1905 - Dalton Trumbo, American writer (d. 1976)
- 1906 - Grace Murray Hopper, American computer pioneer (d. 1992)
- 1909 - Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., American actor (d. 2000)
- 1911 - Broderick Crawford, American actor (d. 1986)
- 1912 - Tip O'Neill, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 1994)
- 1915 - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, German soprano
- 1916 - Kirk Douglas, American actor and film producer
- 1917 - James Rainwater, American physicist and Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1986)
- 1919 - William Lipscomb, American chemist and Nobel Prize laureate
- 1920 - Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, President of the Italian Republic
- 1922 - Redd Foxx, American comedian and actor (d. 1991)
- 1926 - Henry Way Kendall, American physicist and Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999)
- 1926 - Jan Křesadlo, Czech writer (d. 1995)
- 1927 - Pierre Henry, French composer
- 1928 - Dick Van Patten, American actor
- 1929 - John Cassavetes, American actor and film director (d. 1989)
- 1929 - Bob Hawke, twenty-third Prime Minister of Australia
- 1930 - Buck Henry, American actor, comedian, writer, director, and producer
- 1931 - Ladislav Smoljak, Czech actor, director and humourist
- 1933 - Morton Downey Jr., American talk show host (d. 2001)
- 1934 - Dame Judi Dench British actress
- 1934 - Junior Wells, American blues harmonica player (d. 1998)
- 1937 - Darwin Joston, American actor (d. 1998)
- 1938 - Deacon Jones, American football player
- 1941 - Beau Bridges, American actor
- 1941 - Dan Hicks, American musician
- 1942 - Dick Butkus, American football player
- 1946 - Sonia Gandhi, Italian-born Indian politician, chair of the United Progressive Alliance
- 1946 - Walter Orange, American drummer (The Commodores)
- 1947 - Tom Daschle, American politician
- 1947 - Jaak Jõerüüt, Soviet-born Estonian politician
- 1950 - Joan Armatrading, West Indian-born British singer
- 1952 - Michael Dorn, American actor
- 1953 - John Malkovich, American actor
- 1954 - Mike Aylstock, Indiana and Arizona educator
- 1957 - Donny Osmond, American singer and actor
- 1958 - Nick Seymour, Australian bassist (Crowded House)
- 1962 - Felicity Huffman, American actress
- 1964 - Paul Landers, German guitarist (Rammstein)
- 1967 - Joshua Bell, American violinist
- 1968 - Kurt Angle, American amateur and professional wrestler
- 1968 - Dave Harold, British snooker player
- 1968 - Brian Bell, American guitarist (Weezer)
- 1969 - Jakob Dylan, American singer and songwriter (The Wallflowers)
- 1969 - Bixente Lizarazu, French international footballer and World Cup winner
- 1972 - Tre Cool (Frank Edwin Wright III), German-born American drummer (Green Day)
- 1972 - Reiko Aylesworth, American actress
- 1972 - Fabrice Santoro, Tahitian-born French tennis player
- 1976 - Marthe Van Dessel, Belgian mediasociographer
- 1976 - Imogen Heap, British singer and songwriter
- 1978 - Bert Balcaen, Belgian Data Rekall Developper
- 1981 - Diya Mirza, Indian actress
Events March 6 - Nicholas V becomes Pope. ...
Chenghua Emperor Birth and death: Dec. ...
Events Richard Fox becomes Bishop of Exeter. ...
Events February - Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor attacks Venice June 6 - Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor is defeated in Friulia by Venetian forces; he is forced to sign a three year truce and cede several territories to Venice December 10 - League of Cambrai formed as an alliance against Venice between...
Gemma Frisius, seventeenth-century woodcut by E. de Boulonois For the crater, see Gemma Frisius (crater) Gemma Frisius (or Reiner Gemma, December 9, 1508 - May 25, 1555) was a mathematician, cartographer and instrument maker. ...
Events Russia breaks 60 year old truce with Sweden by attacking Finland February 2 - Diet of Augsburg begins February 4 - John Rogers becomes first Protestant martyr in England February 9 - Bishop of Gloucester John Hooper is burned at the stake May 23 - Paul IV becomes Pope. ...
// Events The Edict of Orleans suspends the persecution of the Huguenots. ...
Sir Edwin Sandys (9 December 1561–October 1629) was a British statesman and one of the founders of the colony of Virginia. ...
Events March 4 - Massachusetts Bay Colony is granted a Royal charter. ...
Events January 11 - Austrian nobility is granted Freedom of religion. ...
For the crater, see Metius (crater). ...
Events February 10 - The Académie française in Paris is expanded to become a national academy for the artistic elite. ...
Events January 6 - The Union of Atrecht united the southern Netherlands under the Duke of Parma, governor in the name of king Philip II of Spain. ...
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Events January 14 - Connecticuts first constitution, the Fundamental Orders, is adopted. ...
Events February 27 - Henry IV is crowned King of France at Rheims. ...
Gustav II Adolf (also known as Gustaf Adolf den store or Gustavus II Adolpus) (December 9, 1594 â November 6, 1632 O.S.), widely known by the Latinized name Gustavus Adolphus and referred to by Protestants as the Lion of the North, was King of Sweden from 1611 until his death. ...
See also: 1632 (novel) Events February 22 - Galileos Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems is published July 23 - 300 colonists for New France depart Dieppe November 8 - Wladyslaw IV Waza elected king of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth after Zygmunt III Waza death November 16 - Battle of Lützen...
Events March 18 - Sissinios formally crowned Emperor of Ethiopia May 14 - Protestant Union founded in Auhausen. ...
See John Milton (politician) for the American politician John Milton, English poet John Milton (December 9, 1608 â November 8, 1674) was an English poet, best-known for his epic poem Paradise Lost. ...
Events February 19 - England and the Netherlands sign the Treaty of Westminster. ...
// Events January 7 - Galileo Galilei discovers the Galilean moons of Jupiter. ...
Baldassare Ferri (December 9, 1610 - September 10, 1680) was an Italian castrato singer. ...
Events First Portuguese governor was appointed to Macau The Swedish city Karlskrona was founded as the Royal Swedish Navy relocated there. ...
// Events January 20 - Poland cedes Kyiv, Smolensk, and eastern Ukraine to Russia in the Treaty of Andrusovo that put a final end to the Deluge, and Poland lost its status as a Central European power. ...
William Whiston William Whiston (December 9, 1667 - August 22, 1752), English divine and mathematician, was born at Norton in Leicestershire, of which village his father was rector. ...
1752 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
Events April 24 - A congress assembles at Aix-la-Chapelle with the intent to conclude the struggle known as the War of Austrian Succession - at October 18 - The Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle is signed to end the war Adam Smith begins to deliver public lectures in Edinburgh Building of...
Claude Louis Berthollet Claude Louis Berthollet (December 9, 1748 â November 6, 1822) was a French chemist. ...
1822 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
1842 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
Peter Kropotkin Prince Peter Alexeevich Kropotkin (In Russian ÐÑÑÑ ÐлекÑеÌÐµÐ²Ð¸Ñ ÐÑопоÌÑкин) (December 9, 1842 - February 8, 1921) was one of Russias foremost anarchists and one of the first advocates of what he called anarchist communism: the model of society he advocated for most of his life was that of a communalist society...
1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
1850 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
Emma Abbott Emma Abbott (December 9, 1850 â January 5, 1891), American opera singer, was born in Chicago, Illinois and studied in Milan and Paris. ...
1891 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...
1868 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
Fritz Haber in 1918. ...
List of Nobel Prize laureates in Chemistry from 1901 to the present day. ...
1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...
1871 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
Joe Kelley baseball card, 1909 Joseph James Kelley (December 9, 1871 â August 14, 1943) was an American left fielder in Major League Baseball who starred in the outfield of the powerful Baltimore Oriole teams of the 1890s. ...
1943 (MCMXLIII) is a common year starting on Friday. ...
1876 is a leap year starting on Saturday. ...
Berton Churchill (December 9, 1876 _ October 10, 1940) was a Canadian actor. ...
1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...
1882 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
JoaquÃn Turina (December 9, 1882 â January 14, 1949) was a Spanish composer of classical music. ...
1949 (MCMXLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday. ...
1886 is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) // Events January 18 - Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. ...
Clarence Birdseye (December 9, 1886 _ October 7, 1956), is considered the founder of the modern frozen food industry. ...
1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1889 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
Hannes Kolehmainen Johannes Petteri Hannes Kolehmainen (December 9, 1889 â January 11, 1966) was a Finnish long-distance runner. ...
1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ...
1897 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
Hermione Gingold (December 9, 1897-May 24, 1987) was a British actress known for her sharp-tongued, eccentric persona, an image enhanced by her sharp nose and chin, as well as her deepening voice, a result of vocal nodes which her mother encouraged her not to remove. ...
1987 (MCMLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1898 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
Emmett Kelly (1898 â March 28, 1979), a native of Sedan, Kansas, was an American circus performer, who created the memorable clown figure Weary Willie, based on the hobos of the Depression era. ...
This page refers to the year 1979. ...
1899 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
Jean de Brunhoff (December 9, 1899 â October 16, 1937) was a French writer and illustrator known for creating Babar, which first appeared in 1931. ...
1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...
1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
Ödön (Edmund Josef) von Horváth, born December 9, 1901 in Fiume (today called Rijeka) and killed June 1, 1938 in Paris, was one of the most important german-language playwrights and authors of the twentieth century. ...
1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Jean Mermoz (December 9, 1901 â December 7, 1936) was an aviator, viewed as a hero by many in both Argentina and his native France, where many schools bear his name. ...
1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
1902 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
Margaret Hamilton in The Wizard of Oz (1939) Margaret Hamilton (December 9, 1902 â May 16, 1985) was an American film actress. ...
This article is about the year. ...
1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
Dalton Trumbo (December 9, 1905 â September 10, 1976) was an American screenwriter and novelist, and a member of the Hollywood Ten, one of group of film professionals who refused to testify before the 1947 House Un-American Activities Committee about alleged communist involvement. ...
1976 (MCMLXXVI) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...
1906 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
Grace Hopper (January 1984) Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper (December 9, 1906 - January 1, 1992) was an early computer pioneer. ...
1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ...
1909 (MCMIX) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. ...
This article is about the year 2000. ...
1911 was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ...
Crawford in Black Angel William Broderick Crawford (born December 9, 1911; died April 26, 1986) was an American actor. ...
1986 (MCMLXXXVI) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday. ...
Thomas Philip ONeill, Jr. ...
Representative Dennis Hastert of Illinois is currently the Speaker of the House of Representatives. ...
1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ...
1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
Dame Elisabeth Schwarzkopf is a German opera singer, (born December 9, 1915) is one of the leading sopranos of the post-World War II period, much admired for her performances of Mozart and Strauss. ...
1916 (MCMXVI) is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January-February January 1 -The first successful blood transfusion using blood that had been stored and cooled. ...
Kirk Douglas in Champion Kirk Douglas (born December 9, 1916) is an American actor and film producer known for his oft-imitated and parodied gravel ridden voice and his recurring roles as, who Douglas himself once said, sons of bitches. He is also father to Hollywood actor and producer Michael...
1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. ...
Leo James Rainwater (December 9, 1917 - May 31, 1986) was an American physicist who won a share of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1975 for his part in determining the asymmetrical shapes of certain atomic nuclei. ...
Hannes Alfvén, 1970 winner for work on astrophysical plasmas List of Nobel Prize laureates in Physics from 1901 to the present day. ...
1986 (MCMLXXXVI) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
William Nunn Lipscomb, Jr. ...
List of Nobel Prize laureates in Chemistry from 1901 to the present day. ...
1920 (MCMXX) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ...
Pres. ...
Flag of the President of the Italian Republic This is the list of Presidents of the Italian Republic with the title Presidente della Repubblica since 1948. ...
1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
Foxx on The Dean Martin Shows Dean Martin Celebrity Roast John Elroy Sanford, better known as Redd Foxx (December 9, 1922 - October 11, 1991) was an American comedian best known for his starring role on the television sitcom Sanford and Son. ...
1991 (MCMXCI) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Henry Way Kendall (December 9, 1926 â February 15, 1999) was an American physicist. ...
Sir Edward Appletons medal Photographs of Nobel Prize Medals. ...
1999 (MCMXCIX) is a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...
. Jan Křesadlo was the primary pseudonym used by Václav Jaroslav Karel Pinkava (December 9, 1926 in Prague - August 13, 1995 in Colchester), a Czech psychologist who was also a prizewinning novelist and poet. ...
1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Pierre Henry (born December 9, 1927 in Paris, France) is a French composer, considered a pioneer of the [[musique concr�te]] genre of electronic music. ...
1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Dick Van Patten (born December 9, 1928 in New York City) is an American actor. ...
1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
John Cassavetes John Nicholas Cassavetes (December 9, 1929 - February 3, 1989) was a Greek American actor, screenwriter, and director. ...
1989 (MCMLXXXIX) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Robert James Lee Hawke (born 9 December 1929), Australian trade union leader and politician, was the 23rd Prime Minister of Australia. ...
The current (25th) Prime Minister of Australia, John Howard (sitting, fifth from left), with his Cabinet, 1999 The office of Prime Minister is in practice the most powerful political office in the Commonwealth of Australia. ...
1930 (MCMXXX) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ...
Buck Henry (born December 9, 1930 in New York, New York as Buck Henry Zuckerman) is an American actor, writer and director, best known for his work in television, film, comedy, and satire. ...
1931 (MCMXXXI) is a common year starting on Thursday. ...
Ladislav Smoljak (December 9, 1931 in Prague) is a Czech film and theater director, actor and scriptwriter. ...
1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Morton Downey, Jr. ...
2001: A Space Odyssey. ...
1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Judi Dench as M in GoldenEye Dame Judith Olivia Dench, CH, DBE, better known as Judi Dench (born on December 9, 1934 in North Yorkshire, England), is an English stage, film and television actress. ...
Junior Wells (December 9, 1934 - January 15, 1998), real name Amos Blackmore, was a blues harmonica player based in Chicago who was famous for playing with Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy, Magic Sam, Lonnie Brooks, the Rolling Stones and Van Morrison. ...
1998(MCMXCVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...
1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...
F. Darwin Solomon (1937-1998) was an American actor known professionally as Darwin Joston. ...
1998(MCMXCVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...
1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...
David D. Deacon Jones (born December 9, 1938 in Eatonville, Florida) is an American former professional football player. ...
For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Beau Bridges (born Lloyd Vernet Bridges III on December 9, 1941), is an American actor. ...
Dan Hicks is a musician whose style blends elements of folk and jazz (and bits of other genres, too). ...
This article is about the year. ...
Richard Marvin Dick Butkus (born December 9, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois) is a former American football player and actor. ...
1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...
Sonia Gandhi Sonia Gandhi (सà¥à¤¨à¤¿à¤¯à¤¾ à¤à¤¾à¤à¤§à¥) (born December 9, 1946), is an Italian-born Indian politician, the president of the Indian National Congress (Congress Party) and the widow of former Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi. ...
The Commodores was a highly successful soul/funk band in the 1970s. ...
1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Thomas Andrew Daschle (born December 9, 1947), known as Tom Daschle, was a U.S. Senator from South Dakota and the Senate Minority Leader. ...
Jaak Jõerüüt (born December 9, 1947) is an Estonian writer and politician. ...
1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Joan Anita Barbara Armatrading (born in Basseterre, Saint Kitts on December 9, 1950) and brought up in Birmingham, England is a singer, songwriter, and guitarist. ...
1952 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Michael Dorn // Birth Michael Dorn (born December 9, 1952) is an American actor. ...
1953 (MCMLIII) is a common year starting on Thursday. ...
John Malkovich at the Grimme Online Award 2005 at Schloss Bensberg. ...
1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Donald Clark Donny Osmond (born December 9, 1957 in Ogden, Utah) is an American entertainment personality. ...
1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Nicholas More Seymour (born December 9, 1958 in Benalla, Victoria, Australia) is a bass player, painter, and record producer. ...
Crowded House was an Australian/New Zealand rock group between 1986 and 1996; two original members were from Australia and one was from New Zealand. ...
1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...
As Lynette Scavo on Desperate Housewives Felicity Huffman (born December 9, 1962 in Bedford, New York) is an Emmy Award-winning actress whose work has included roles in the motion picture Magnolia, the television dramedy Sports Night. ...
For the Nintendo 64 emulator, see 1964 (Emulator). ...
Paul H. Landers (born 1964 as Henry Hirsch) is a German musician, most notable as the lead-guitarist for the Tanz-Metall (dance metal) band Rammstein. ...
Rammstein is a German band formed in 1993. ...
1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Joshua Bell Joshua Bell (born December 9, 1967) is an American violinist. ...
1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ...
Kurt Steven Angle (born in December 9, 1968 in Mount Lebanon, Pennsylvania) is an American 1996 Olympic gold medalist in freestyle wrestling and now a professional wrestler performing for World Wrestling Entertainment on its RAW brand. ...
Dave Harold (born 9 December 1968) is an English professional snooker player. ...
Brian Bell (born December 9, 1968) is the rhythm guitarist in Weezer. ...
Weezer is an American alternative rock band. ...
1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ...
Jakob Dylan (born December 9, 1969) is the lead singer and songwriter of the rock band The Wallflowers. ...
Members of The Wallflowers on the cover of Red Letter Days. ...
Bixente Lizarazu (born December 9, 1969 in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, France) is a football (soccer) left defender and midfielder for Bayern Munich and France. ...
1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ...
Tré Cool (Frank Edwin Wright III) (born December 9, 1972) is the percussionist for the rock group Green Day. ...
Green Day is a California based pop punk/punk rock band, consisting of Billie Joe Armstrong (lead vocals, guitar), Mike Dirnt (bass, backing vocals), and Tré Cool (drummer, backing vocals). ...
1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ...
Reiko Aylesworth as Michelle Dessler Reiko Aylesworth (born December 9, 1972 in Chicago, Illinois) is a contemporary American actress best known for her work on the television series 24. ...
Fabrice Santoro (December 9, 1972) is a French professional male tennis player. ...
1976 (MCMLXXVI) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...
1976 (MCMLXXVI) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Imogen Heap taken from the music video of Hide And Seek. Imogen Heap (b. ...
1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ...
1981 (MCMLXXXI) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Dia Mirza Dia Mirza( born 9 December 1981) is an Indian model and actress. ...
Deaths - 1165 - King Malcolm IV of Scotland
- 1437 - Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1368)
- 1544 - Teofilo Folengo, Italian poet (b. 1491)
- 1565 - Pope Pius IV (b. 1499)
- 1603 - William Watson, English conspirator (b. 1559)
- 1625 - Ubbo Emmius, Dutch historian and geographer (b. 1547)
- 1636 - Fabian Birkowski, Polish writer (b. 1566)
- 1641 - Anthony van Dyck, Flemish painter (b. 1599)
- 1669 - Pope Clement IX (b. 1600)
- 1674 - Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, English statesman and historian (b. 1609)
- 1692 - William Mountfort, English actor and dramatist
- 1706 - King Peter II of Portugal (b. 1648)
- 1718 - Vincenzo Coronelli, Italian cartographer and encylopaedist (b. 1650)
- 1793 - Gabrielle de Polastron, comtesse de Polignac, French aristocrat (b. 1749)
- 1798 - Johann Reinhold Forster, German botanist
- 1887 - Mahmadu Lamine, Senegalese marabout and miltary leader
- 1894 - Pafnuty Chebyshev, Russian mathematician
- 1930 - Andrew "Rube" Foster, American baseball player and founder of the Negro National League
- 1937 - Nils Gustaf Dalén, Swedish physicist and Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869)
- 1964 - Dame Edith Sitwell, British poet and critic (b. 1887)
- 1965 - Branch Rickey, American baseball commissioner (b. 1884)
- 1971 - Ralph Bunche, American diplomat and Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
- 1972 - Louella Parsons, American gossip columnist (b. 1881)
- 1984 - Nicholas "Razzle" Dingley, British drummer (Hanoi Rocks) (b. 1960)
- 1995 - Toni Cade Bambara, American author (b. 1939)
- 1996 - Mary Leakey, British archeologist and anthropologist (b. 1913)
- 1998 - Shaughnessy Cohen, Canadian politician (b. 1948)
- 1998 - Archie Moore, American boxer and World Light-Heavyweight Champion (b. 1913)
- 2002 - Stan Rice, American painter, educator, and poet (b. 1942)
- 2003 - Paul Simon, U.S. Senator from Illinois (b. 1928)
- 2004 - David Brudnoy, American radio personality (b. 1940)
- 2004 - Lea De Mae, Czech actress (b. 1976)
- 2005 - Robert Sheckley an American author (b. 1928)
Events November 23 - Pope Alexander III enters Rome. ...
Malcolm IV (c. ...
Events foundation of All Souls College, University of Oxford. ...
Sigismund (February 14/15, 1368 - December 9, 1437) was Holy Roman Emperor from 1433 to 1437. ...
Events Timur ascends throne of Samarkand. ...
Events April 11 - Battle of Ceresole - French forces under the Comte dEnghien defeat Imperial forces under the Marques Del Vasto near Turin. ...
Teofilo Folengo (November 8, 1491 - December 9, 1544), otherwise known as Merlino Coccajo or Cocajo, one of the principal Italian macaronic poets, was born of noble parentage at Cipada near Mantua. ...
// Events December 6 - King Charles VIII marries Anne de Bretagne, thus incorporating Brittany into the kingdom of France. ...
Events March 1 - the city of Rio de Janeiro is founded April 27 - Cebu City is established becoming the first Spanish settlement in the Philippines. ...
Pius IV, né Giovanni Angelo Medici (March 31, 1499 â December 9, 1565), pope from 1559 to 1565, was born of humble parentage in Milan, unrelated with the Medicis of Florence. ...
Events January 8 - Louis XII of France marries Anne of Brittany due to law set by his predecessor, Louis VIII July 22 - Battle of Dornach - The Swiss decisively defeat the Imperial army of Emperor Maximilian I. July 28 - First Battle of Lepanto - The Turkish navy wins a decisive victory over...
King James I of England/VII of Scotland, the first monarch to rule the Kingdoms of England and Scotland at the same time Events March 24 - Elizabeth I of England dies and is succeeded by her cousin King James VI of Scotland, uniting the crowns of Scotland and England April...
William Watson (c. ...
Events January 15 - Elizabeth I of England is crowned in Westminster Abbey. ...
Events March 27 - Prince Charles Stuart becomes King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland. ...
Ubbo Emmius (December 5, 1547 - December 9, 1625), Dutch historian and geographer, was born at Gretha in East Friesland. ...
Events January 16 - Grand Duke Ivan IV of Muscovy becomes the first Tsar of Russia. ...
Events February 24 - King Christian of Denmark gives an order that all beggars that are able to work must be sent to Brinholmen Island to build ships or as galley rowers March 26 - Utrecht University founded in The Netherlands. ...
Fabian Birkowski (b. ...
Events January 7 - Pius V becomes Pope Selim II succeeds Suleiman I as Sultan of the Ottoman Empire Religious rioting in the Netherlands signifies the beginning of the Eighty Years War in the Netherlands. ...
Events The Long Parliament passes a series of legislation designed to contain Charles Is absolutist tendencies. ...
Self Portrait With a Sunflower Sir Anthony (Antoon) van Dyck (*March 22, 1599 - December 9, 1641) was a Flemish painter — mainly of portraits — who became the leading court painter in England. ...
Events Swedish King Sigismund III Vasa is replaced by his brother Charles IX of Sweden. ...
// Events Samuel Pepys stopped writing his diary. ...
Clement IX, né Giulio Rospigliosi (January 28, 1600 - December 9, 1669) was pope from 1667 to 1669. ...
// Events January January 1 - Scotland adopts January 1st as being New Years Day February February 17 - Giordano Bruno burned at the stake for heresy in Rome July July 2 - Battle of Nieuwpoort: Dutch forces under Maurice of Nassau defeat Spanish forces under Archduke Albert in a battle on the...
Events February 19 - England and the Netherlands sign the Treaty of Westminster. ...
Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon (February 18, 1609 - December 9, 1674), English historian and statesman. ...
// Events April 4 â King of Spain signs an edit of expulsion of all moriscos from Spain April 9 â Spain recognizes Dutch independence May 23 - Official ratification of the Second Charter of Virginia. ...
Events February 13 - Massacre of Glencoe March 1 - The Salem witch trials begin in Salem Village, Massachusetts Bay Colony with the charging of three women with witchcraft. ...
William Mountfort (c. ...
Events March 27 - Concluding that Emperor Iyasus I of Ethiopia had abdicated by retiring to a monastery, a council of high officials appoint Tekle Haymanot I Emperor of Ethiopia May 23 - Battle of Ramillies September 7 - The Battle of Turin in the War of Spanish Succession - forces of Austria and...
Peter II (Portuguese Pedro), the Pacific (Port. ...
// Events Peace treaty signed at Westphalia ends the Thirty Years War. ...
// Events July 21 - Treaty of Passarowitz signed November 22 - Off the coast of Virginia, English pirate Edward Teach (best known as Blackbeard) is killed in battle when a British boarding party cornered and then shot and stabbed him more than 25 times. ...
Marco Vincenzo Coronelli (August 16, 1650 - December 9, 1718) was an Italian cartographer and encyclopedist known in particular for his globes. ...
// Events June 23 - Claimant King Charles II of England, Scotland and Ireland arrives in Scotland, the only of the three Kingdoms that has accepted him as ruler. ...
1793 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
Yolande Martine Gabrielle de Polastron, comtesse de Polignac (September 8, 1749 - December 9, 1793) was a French aristocrat and friend of Marie Antoinette, whom she first met at Versailles in 1775. ...
Events While in debtors prison, John Cleland writes Fanny Hill (Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure). ...
1798 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
Johann Reinhold Forster (October 22, 1729 - December 9, 1798) was a Polish born naturalist of German descent. ...
1887 is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar). ...
al-Hajj Mahmadu Lamine (d. ...
1894 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
Pafnuty Lvovich Chebyshev Pafnuty Lvovich Chebyshev (ÐаÑнÑÌÑий ÐÑвоÌÐ²Ð¸Ñ Ð§ÐµÐ±ÑÑÑв) (May 16, 1821 - December 9, 1894) was a Russian mathematician. ...
1930 (MCMXXX) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ...
Andrew Rube Foster Andrew Rube Foster (September 17, 1878 or 1879 - December 9, 1930) (he adopted the nickname as his official middle letter later in life) was the founder of the Negro National League, the first stable professional baseball league for African-American ballplayers, which operated from 1921 to 1931. ...
1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Nils Gustaf Dalén (November 30, 1869 - December 9, 1937) was a Swedish inventor and founder of AGA. Laureate for the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1912 for his work on automatic gas regulator controlled buoys. ...
Hannes Alfvén, 1970 winner for work on astrophysical plasmas List of Nobel Prize laureates in Physics from 1901 to the present day. ...
1869 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...
For the Nintendo 64 emulator, see 1964 (Emulator). ...
Edith Sitwell (September 7, 1887 â December 9, 1964) was a British poet and critic. ...
1887 is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar). ...
1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ...
Wesley Branch Rickey (December 20, 1881 - December 9, 1965) was an innovative Major League Baseball executive who is best known for helping break baseballs color barrier and creating the framework to the modern minor league farm system. ...
1884 is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar). ...
1971 (MCMLXXI) is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ...
Ralph Bunche, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1951 Ralph Johnson Bunche (August 7, 1904 - December 9, 1971) was an American political scientist and diplomat who received the 1950 Nobel Peace Prize for his mediation in Palestine in the late 1940s that led to an armistice agreement between the Jews and...
The Nobel Institute in Oslo, Norway. ...
1904 is a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...
1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ...
Louella Parsons (August 6, 1881 â December 9, 1972) was an American gossip columnist. ...
1881 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
This page is about the year 1984. ...
Razzle, alias Nicholas Dingley (December 2, 1960–December 9, 1984) was the drummer of Hanoi Rocks from 1982 until his death. ...
Hanoi Rocks are a Finnish rock band, who achieved minor success in the early 1980s, later on, and still today a Cult Band. In terms of image, the band could be seen as part of the hair metal movement; musically, however, they are more influenced by artists such as the...
1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...
1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Toni Cade Bambara (March 25, 1939-December 9, 1995) was an American author, social activist, and college professor. ...
1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...
1996 (MCMXCVI) is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...
Mary Leakey (February 6, 1913 â December 9, 1996) was a British physical anthropologist, who, along with others, discovered the first skull of a fossil ape on Rusinga Island. ...
1913 (MCMXIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ...
1998(MCMXCVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...
Elizabeth Shaughnessy Cohen (February 11, 1948-December 9, 1998) was a Canadian politician, who represented the riding of Windsor—St. ...
1948 (MCMXLVIII) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Archie Moore (December 13, 1913 _ December 9, 1998) was a light heavyweight world boxing champion who set many records in boxing. ...
In boxing, the division between heavyweight over 175 pounds (79. ...
1913 (MCMXIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ...
2002 (MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Stan Rice ([[1942] - December 9, 2002) was an American poet and artist and husband of writer Anne Rice (married 1961). ...
This article is about the year. ...
2003 (MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Paul Martin Simon (November 29, 1928 â December 9, 2003) was an American politician from Illinois. ...
1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...
2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
David Brudnoy David Brudnoy (June 5, 1940 – December 9, 2004) was a popular talk radio host in Boston from 1976 to 2004. ...
1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Lea De Mae (December 26, 1976 – December 9, 2004) was a Czech pornographic movie actress who appeared in more than 80 adult films including Face Dance Obsession (1999), Private XXX 8 (2000), Anal Addicts 2 (2001), World Class Ass (2002), Wet Dream Cum True 2 (2003) and Hot Rats (2004). ...
1976 (MCMLXXVI) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...
2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Robert Sheckley (born July 16, 1928, died December 9, 2005) is an American author. ...
1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Holidays and observances The calendar of saints is a traditional Christian method of organising a liturgical year on the level of days by associating each day with a saint, and referring to the day as the saints day of that saint. ...
In general, the term Saint refers to someone who is exceptionally virtuous and holy. ...
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the Christian Church whose visible and spiritual head is the Pope, currently Pope Benedict XVI. It teaches that it is the one holy catholic and apostolic Church founded by Jesus Christ, and that the sole Church of Christ which...
Tradition maintains that Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin was an indigenous Mexican who had a vision of the Virgin Mary as Our Lady of Guadalupe. ...
The Holy Family with Joachim and Anne, drawn by Hans Holbein the Younger Anna, also known as Saint Anne, is known by tradition as the mother of The Virgin Mary. ...
Scandinavia, Fennoscandia, and the Kola Peninsula. ...
Lutefisk (pronounced loo-te-fisk in Norway and the United States, and loot-fisk in Sweden) is a traditional food of the Nordic countries made from stockfish (air-dried whitefish) and lye (lut). ...
The Christmas Eve (1904-05), watercolor painting by the Swedish painter Carl Larsson (1853-1919) Christmas Eve, December 24, the day before Christmas Day, is treated to a greater or a lesser extent in most Christian societies as part of the Christmas festivities. ...
An Independence Day is an annual celebration commemorating the anniversary of a nations assumption of independent statehood, usually after ceasing to be a colony of another state. ...
1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...
External links December 8 - December 10 - November 9 - January 9 -- listing of all days December 8 is the 342nd day (343rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
December 10 is the 344th day (345th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
November 9 is the 313th day of the year (314th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 52 days remaining. ...
January 9 is the 9th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Condensed list of historical anniversaries. ...
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