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{{*mp}} [[1545]] – [[Counter-Reformation]]: The '''[[Council of Trent]]''', an [[ecumenical council]] convoked by [[Pope Paul III]] in response to the growth of [[Protestantism]], opened in [[Trento]], [[Italy]]. |
{{*mp}} [[1545]] – [[Counter-Reformation]]: The '''[[Council of Trent]]''', an [[ecumenical council]] convoked by [[Pope Paul III]] in response to the growth of [[Protestantism]], opened in [[Trento]], [[Italy]]. |
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{{*mp}} [[1642]] – [[Netherlands|Dutch]] explorer [[Abel Tasman]] became the [[Europe]]an explorer to reach '''[[New Zealand]]'''. |
{{*mp}} [[1642]] – [[Netherlands|Dutch]] explorer [[Abel Tasman]] became the first [[Europe]]an explorer to reach '''[[New Zealand]]'''. |
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{{*mp}} [[1769]] – '''[[Dartmouth College]]''' ''(pictured)'' in present-day [[Hanover, New Hampshire|Hanover]], [[New Hampshire]], [[United States|USA]] was established by a [[Royal Charter]] from [[List of British monarchs|British King]] [[George III of the United Kingdom|George III]] and became the last university founded in the [[Thirteen Colonies]] before the [[American Revolution]]. |
{{*mp}} [[1769]] – '''[[Dartmouth College]]''' ''(pictured)'' in present-day [[Hanover, New Hampshire|Hanover]], [[New Hampshire]], [[United States|USA]] was established by a [[Royal Charter]] from [[List of British monarchs|British King]] [[George III of the United Kingdom|George III]] and became the last university founded in the [[Thirteen Colonies]] before the [[American Revolution]]. |
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{{*mp}} [[1862]] – [[American Civil War]]: [[Union Army|Union forces]] under [[Major General|Maj. Gen.]] [[Ambrose Burnside]] suffered severe casualties against entrenched [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] defenders at the '''[[Battle of Fredericksburg]]''' in [[Fredericksburg, Virginia|Fredericksburg]], [[Virginia]]. |
{{*mp}} [[1862]] – [[American Civil War]]: [[Union Army|Union forces]] under [[Major General|Maj. Gen.]] [[Ambrose Burnside]] suffered severe casualties against entrenched [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] defenders at the '''[[Battle of Fredericksburg]]''' in [[Fredericksburg, Virginia|Fredericksburg]], [[Virginia]]. |
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Revision as of 06:01, 12 December 2007
December 13: Republic Day in Malta (1974), Saint Lucy's Day.
- 1545 – Counter-Reformation: The Council of Trent, an ecumenical council convoked by Pope Paul III in response to the growth of Protestantism, opened in Trento, Italy.
- 1642 – Dutch explorer Abel Tasman became the first European explorer to reach New Zealand.
- 1769 – Dartmouth College (pictured) in present-day Hanover, New Hampshire, USA was established by a Royal Charter from British King George III and became the last university founded in the Thirteen Colonies before the American Revolution.
- 1862 – American Civil War: Union forces under Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside suffered severe casualties against entrenched Confederate defenders at the Battle of Fredericksburg in Fredericksburg, Virginia.
- 1981 – Prime Minister Wojciech Jaruzelski declared martial law in Poland, suspended Solidarity and imprisoned many union leaders.
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