Historical Events in December, Month of December Events
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| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| December 17, 497 | The first Saturnalia festival was celebrated in ancient Rome. |
| December 7, 1949 | Chinese Civil War: The Government of the Republic of China moves from Nanjing to Taipei, Taiwan. |
| December 4, 1867 | Former Minnesota farmer Oliver Hudson Kelley founds the Order of the Patrons of Husbandry (better known today as the Grange). |
| December 11, 1946 | The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) is established. |
| December 4, 1982 | The People's Republic of China adopts its current constitution. |
| December 5, 1848 | California Gold Rush: In a message to the United States Congress, U.S. President James K. Polk confirms that large amounts of gold had been discovered in California. |
| December 19, 1796 | French Revolutionary Wars: Two British frigates under Commodore Horatio Nelson and two Spanish frigates under Commodore Don Jacobo Stuart engage in battle off the coast of Murcia. |
| December 17, 1896 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's Schenley Park Casino, which was the first multi-purpose arena with the technology to create an artificial ice surface in North America, is destroyed in a fire. |
| December 11, 2001 | China joins the World Trade Organization (WTO). |
| December 27, 2002 | Two truck bombs kill 72 and wound 200 at the pro-Moscow headquarters of the Chechen government in Grozny, Chechnya, Russia. |
| December 25, 36 | Forces of Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han, under the command of Wu Han, conquer the separatist Chengjia empire, reuniting China. |
| December 18, 2002 | California gubernatorial recall: Then Governor of California Gray Davis announces that the state would face a record budget deficit of $35 billion, roughly double the figure reported during his reelection campaign one month earlier. |
| December 25, 1076 | Coronation of Bolesław II the Generous as king of Poland. |
| December 30, 1853 | Gadsden Purchase: The United States buys land from Mexico to facilitate railroad building in the Southwest. |
| December 4, 1676 | The Royal Danish Army under the command of King Christian V engages the Swedish Army commanded by the Swedish king Charles XI at the Battle of Lund, to this day it is counted as the bloodiest battle in Scandinavian history and a turning point in the Scanian War. |
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