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File:Antonin Dvorak - symphony no. 9 in e minor 'from the new world', op. 95 - i. adagio - allegro molto.ogg|First movement of Dvořák's <br />''New World Symphony'' |
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| [[National day|National Day]] in '''[[Bahrain]]''' (1961); |
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| '''[[Hanukkah]]''' begins at sunset (Judaism, 2014); |
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| ; [[List of national independence days|Independence Day]] in '''[[Kazakhstan]]''' ([[1991]]) |
| ; [[List of national independence days|Independence Day]] in '''[[Kazakhstan]]''' ([[1991]]) |
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| ; [[Victory Day]] in '''[[Victory day of Bangladesh|Bangladesh]]''' and '''[[Vijay Diwas (India)|India]]''' ([[1971]]) |
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| [[1838]] – [[Great Trek]]: Over 450 [[Voortrekkers]] led by [[Andries Pretorius]] defeated an estimated 10,000 [[Zulu Kingdom|Zulu]] at the '''[[Battle of Blood River]]''' in what is today [[KwaZulu-Natal]], South Africa. |
| [[1838]] – [[Great Trek]]: Over 450 [[Voortrekkers]] led by [[Andries Pretorius]] defeated an estimated 10,000 [[Zulu Kingdom|Zulu]] at the '''[[Battle of Blood River]]''' in what is today [[KwaZulu-Natal]], South Africa. |
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| [[1971]] – [[Military of Pakistan|Pakistani forces]] in [[East Pakistan]] surrendered, ending both the '''[[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971|Indo-Pakistani War]]''' and the '''[[Bangladesh Liberation War]]'''. |
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| [[1989]] – The '''[[Romanian Revolution]]''' began as a protest in the city of [[Timişoara]] against an attempt by the government to evict dissident priest [[László Tőkés]]. |
| [[1989]] – The '''[[Romanian Revolution]]''' began as a protest in the city of [[Timişoara]] against an attempt by the government to evict dissident priest [[László Tőkés]]. |
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| [[1998]] – The United States and United Kingdom '''[[ |
| [[1998]] – The United States and United Kingdom launched '''[[1998 bombing of Iraq|a major four-day bombing campaign]]''' on Iraqi targets in response to Iraq's failure to comply with several [[United Nations Special Commission|U.N. Security Council]] resolutions as well as their interference with [[United Nations Special Commission|U.N. Special Commission]] inspectors. |
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| [[2014]] – [[Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan]] militants '''[[2014 Peshawar school massacre|attacked]]''' an Army Public School in [[Peshawar]], killing 145 people, mostly schoolchildren. |
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| '''[[Mary Hartwell Catherwood]]'''<!--American writer--> |b|1847| |
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* [[1653]] – '''[[Oliver Cromwell]]''' [[The Protectorate| |
* [[1653]] – '''[[Oliver Cromwell]]''' became [[The Protectorate|Lord Protector]]<!--not bold, refimprove--> of the [[Commonwealth of England]]. |
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* [[1761]] – [[Seven Years' War]]: Russian forces captured [[Kołobrzeg|Kolberg]], Prussia's last port on the [[Baltic Sea|Baltic coast]], after a '''[[Siege of Kolberg (Seven Years' War)|four-month siege]]'''. |
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* [[1689]] – The [[Parliament of England]] enacted the '''[[Bill of Rights 1689|Bill of Rights]]''', setting out basic [[Civil and political rights|civil rights]] and later influencing other documents such as the [[United States Bill of Rights|U.S. Bill of Rights]] and the [[Universal Declaration of Human Rights]]. |
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* [[1773]] – To prevent the unloading of [[tea]] that was [[No taxation without representation|taxed without their consent]] under the [[Tea Act]], a group of [[Thirteen Colonies|colonists]] '''[[Boston Tea Party|destroyed it]]''' by throwing it into [[Boston Harbor]]. |
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* [[1761]] – [[Seven Years' War]]: After '''[[Siege of Kolberg (Seven Years' War)|a four-month siege]]''', Russian forces captured [[Kołobrzeg|Kolberg]], the last major Prussian port on the [[Baltic Sea]]. |
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* [[1893]] – Czech composer [[Antonín Dvořák]]'s '''''[[Symphony No. 9 (Dvořák)|New World Symphony]]''''' ''(audio featured)'' premiered at [[Carnegie Hall]] in New York City. |
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* [[1938]] – [[Adolf Hitler]] instituted the '''[[Cross of Honour of the German Mother]]''' as an [[order of merit]] for [[Imperial Germans|Imperial German]] women. |
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* [[1901]] – English writer [[Beatrix Potter]] privately published 250 copies of '''''[[The Tale of Peter Rabbit]]''''' ''(illustration shown)'' after several publishers' rejections. |
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* [[1914]] – [[World War I|First World War]]: The [[Imperial German Navy]] '''[[Raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby|attacked ports]]''' in northern England, resulting in hundreds of civilian casualties. |
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* [[1922]] – '''[[Gabriel Narutowicz]]''', the first [[President of the Republic of Poland|president of Poland]], '''[[Assassination of Gabriel Narutowicz|was assassinated]]''' only five days after having taken office. |
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* [[1942]] – [[World War II]]: Americans engaged [[Empire of Japan|Imperial Japanese]] forces at the '''[[Battle of Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse, and the Sea Horse]]''' in the hills near the [[Matanikau River]] area on [[Guadalcanal]] during the [[Guadalcanal campaign]]. |
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* [[1971]] – The surrender of [[Pakistan]]i forces in [[Dhaka|Dacca]], [[East Pakistan]], concluded the '''[[Bangladesh Liberation War]]''' and the '''[[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971|Indo-Pakistani War]]'''. |
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* [[1997]] – "'''[[Dennō Senshi Porygon]]'''", an episode of the Japanese television series ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]'', induced [[epileptic seizure]]s in 685 children. |
* [[1997]] – "'''[[Dennō Senshi Porygon]]'''", an episode of the Japanese television series ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]'', induced [[epileptic seizure]]s in 685 children. |
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* [[2014]] – '''[[Lindt Cafe siege|A hostage crisis]]''' in a [[Lindt#Lindt chocolate cafés|Lindt chocolate café]] in Sydney, Australia, ended with police storming the building, killing the perpetrator and one of the hostages. |
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* Born/died: | '''[[Haakon IV|Haakon IV of Norway]]'''<!--King--> |d|1263| '''[[Manuel III of Trebizond|Manuel III of Trebizond]]'''<!--post-Byzantine ruler--> |b|1364| '''[[Nathaniel Fiennes]]'''<!--English politician--> |d|1669| '''[[Maria Rundell]]'''<!--English writer--> |d|1828| '''[[Bertha Lamme Feicht]]'''<!--American engineer--> |b|1869| '''[[Noël Coward]]'''<!--English playwright--> |b|1899| '''[[Carol Browner]]'''<!--American lawyer--> |b|1955 | '''[[H. D. Kumaraswamy|{{nowrap|H. D.}} Kumaraswamy]]'''<!--Indian politician--> |b|1959| '''[[W. Somerset Maugham]]'''<!--English writer-->|d|1965| '''[[Deyda Hydara]]'''<!--Gambian journalist, male--> |d|2004| |
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* [[United States Bill of Rights]] appears on [[Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/December 15|December 15]], so Bill of Rights 1689 should not appear in the same year |
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* [[Malmedy massacre]] appears on [[Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/December 17|December 17]], so Battle of the Bulge should not appear in the same year |
* [[Malmedy massacre]] appears on [[Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/December 17|December 17]], so Battle of the Bulge should not appear in the same year |
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'''[[December 16]]''': |
'''[[December 16]]''':<!-- only include this if the 15th is a Sunday '''[[Koninkrijksdag|Kingdom Day]]''' in Aruba, Curaçao, the Netherlands, and Sint Maarten ([[1954]]);--> '''[[Day of Reconciliation]]''' in South Africa |
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* [[1598]] – Led by Admiral [[Yi Sun-sin]], the Korean navy defeated a Japanese fleet at the '''[[Battle of Noryang]]''', ending [[Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–1598)|their invasions of the Korean peninsula]]. |
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* [[1773]] – [[American Revolution]]: A group of colonists '''[[Boston Tea Party|threw chests of tea]]''' into [[Boston Harbor]] ''(pictured)'' to protest British [[No taxation without representation|taxation without representation]]. |
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* [[1938]] – [[Adolf Hitler]] instituted the '''[[Cross of Honour of the German Mother]]''' as an [[order of merit]] for German mothers with at least four children. |
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* [[1997]] – Amid [[United Kingdom BSE outbreak|an outbreak]] of [[bovine spongiform encephalopathy]], the British government '''[[Beef Bones Regulations 1997|banned the sale]]''' of beef [[Meat on the bone|on the bone]] for human consumption. |
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* [[1689]] – The [[Parliament of England]] adopted the '''[[Bill of Rights 1689|Bill of Rights]]''', declaring that Englishmen possessed certain [[Negative and positive rights|positive]] civil and political rights. |
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* [[2012]] – '''[[2012 Delhi gang rape and murder|A woman was gang-raped and fatally assaulted]]''' on a bus in [[Delhi]], generating protests across India against inadequate security for women. |
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{{Born and died list| '''[[Elizabeth Carter]]'''<!--English poet--> |b|1717| '''[[James Murrell]]'''<!--English magician--> |d|1860| '''[[Camille Saint-Saëns]]'''<!--French composer--> |d|1921|'''[[Taliep Petersen]]'''<!--South African singer--> |d|2006 }} |
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* [[2012]] – A woman in [[New Delhi]] was '''[[2012 Delhi gang rape|gang-raped on a bus]]''', generating public protests across the country against the [[Government of India]] and the [[Government of Delhi]] for not providing adequate security for women. |
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Flag of Bangladesh
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Half-crown coin of Oliver Cromwell
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Oliver Cromwell
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Mount Fuji
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Peter Rabbit
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Andries Pretorius
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Battle of the Bulge
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National Day in Bahrain (1961); | outdated |
; Independence Day in Kazakhstan (1991) | refimprove section |
; Victory Day in Bangladesh and India (1971) | Bangladesh: unreferenced section; India: refimprove |
755 – An Lushan revolted against Tang Chinese Chancellor Yang Guozhong, initiating an eight-year rebellion. | refimprove section |
1838 – Great Trek: Over 450 Voortrekkers led by Andries Pretorius defeated an estimated 10,000 Zulu at the Battle of Blood River in what is today KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. | refimprove section |
1944 – World War II: The Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany launched its final offensive in the western front, the Battle of the Bulge. | refimprove section |
1960 – Two airliners collided in mid-air in heavy clouds over Staten Island, New York City, killing 134 people. | multiple issues |
1986 – Dinmukhamed Kunaev was dismissed as First Secretary of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan, sparking riots throughout the country. | refimprove (sections) in both |
1989 – The Romanian Revolution began as a protest in the city of Timişoara against an attempt by the government to evict dissident priest László Tőkés. | single-source sections, outdated |
1998 – The United States and United Kingdom launched a major four-day bombing campaign on Iraqi targets in response to Iraq's failure to comply with several U.N. Security Council resolutions as well as their interference with U.N. Special Commission inspectors. | requires expansion |
2014 – Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan militants attacked an Army Public School in Peshawar, killing 145 people, mostly schoolchildren. | refimprove section |
Mary Hartwell Catherwood |b|1847| | Birthday not cited |
Stuart Donaldson |b|1812| | Later life mostly uncited |
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- 1653 – Oliver Cromwell became Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England.
- 1689 – The Parliament of England enacted the Bill of Rights, setting out basic civil rights and later influencing other documents such as the U.S. Bill of Rights and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
- 1707 – The last recorded eruption of Japan's Mount Fuji released some 800 million m3 (28 billion cu ft) of volcanic ash.
- 1761 – Seven Years' War: After a four-month siege, Russian forces captured Kolberg, the last major Prussian port on the Baltic Sea.
- 1811 – The first two in a series of four severe earthquakes struck the Midwestern United States and made the Mississippi River appear to run backward.
- 1850 – Settlers of the Canterbury Association (poster pictured) aboard Randolph and Charlotte Jane arrived to establish a colony at Christchurch, New Zealand.
- 1893 – Czech composer Antonín Dvořák's New World Symphony (audio featured) premiered at Carnegie Hall in New York City.
- 1901 – English writer Beatrix Potter privately published 250 copies of The Tale of Peter Rabbit (illustration shown) after several publishers' rejections.
- 1914 – First World War: The Imperial German Navy attacked ports in northern England, resulting in hundreds of civilian casualties.
- 1918 – Vincas Mickevičius-Kapsukas declared the formation of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic, a puppet state created by Soviet Russia to justify the Lithuanian–Soviet War.
- 1922 – Gabriel Narutowicz, the first president of Poland, was assassinated only five days after having taken office.
- 1930 – German-American gangster Herman Lamm killed himself during a botched robbery attempt in Clinton, Indiana, to avoid being captured by police.
- 1942 – World War II: Americans engaged Imperial Japanese forces at the Battle of Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse, and the Sea Horse in the hills near the Matanikau River area on Guadalcanal during the Guadalcanal campaign.
- 1971 – The surrender of Pakistani forces in Dacca, East Pakistan, concluded the Bangladesh Liberation War and the Indo-Pakistani War.
- 1997 – "Dennō Senshi Porygon", an episode of the Japanese television series Pokémon, induced epileptic seizures in 685 children.
- 2014 – A hostage crisis in a Lindt chocolate café in Sydney, Australia, ended with police storming the building, killing the perpetrator and one of the hostages.
- Born/died: | Haakon IV of Norway |d|1263| Manuel III of Trebizond |b|1364| Nathaniel Fiennes |d|1669| Maria Rundell |d|1828| Bertha Lamme Feicht |b|1869| Noël Coward |b|1899| Carol Browner |b|1955 | H. D. Kumaraswamy |b|1959| W. Somerset Maugham|d|1965| Deyda Hydara |d|2004|
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- United States Bill of Rights appears on December 15, so Bill of Rights 1689 should not appear in the same year
- Malmedy massacre appears on December 17, so Battle of the Bulge should not appear in the same year
December 16: Day of Reconciliation in South Africa
- 1598 – Led by Admiral Yi Sun-sin, the Korean navy defeated a Japanese fleet at the Battle of Noryang, ending their invasions of the Korean peninsula.
- 1773 – American Revolution: A group of colonists threw chests of tea into Boston Harbor (pictured) to protest British taxation without representation.
- 1938 – Adolf Hitler instituted the Cross of Honour of the German Mother as an order of merit for German mothers with at least four children.
- 1997 – Amid an outbreak of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, the British government banned the sale of beef on the bone for human consumption.
- 2012 – A woman was gang-raped and fatally assaulted on a bus in Delhi, generating protests across India against inadequate security for women.
- Elizabeth Carter (b. 1717)
- James Murrell (d. 1860)
- Camille Saint-Saëns (d. 1921)
- Taliep Petersen (d. 2006)