Historical Events in December, Month of December Events

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Date Event
December 11, 361 Julian enters Constantinople as sole Roman Emperor.
December 29, 1911 Mongolia gains independence from the Qing dynasty, enthroning 8th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu as Khagan of Mongolia.
December 1, 1989 Philippine coup attempt: The right-wing military rebel Reform the Armed Forces Movement attempts to oust Philippine President Corazon Aquino in a failed bloody coup d'état.
December 8, 1991 The leaders of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine sign an agreement dissolving the Soviet Union and establishing the Commonwealth of Independent States.
December 13, 1758 The English transport ship Duke William sinks in the North Atlantic, killing over 360 people.
December 8, 1912 Leaders of the German Empire hold an Imperial War Council to discuss the possibility that war might break out.
December 25, 1915 The National Protection War breaks out against the Empire of China, as military leaders Cai E and Tang Jiyao proclaim the independence of Yunnan and begin a campaign to restore the Republic.
December 5, 1895 New Haven Symphony Orchestra of Connecticut performs its first concert.
December 18, 1854 The Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada abolishes the seigneurial system.
December 3, 1775 American Revolutionary War: USS Alfred becomes the first vessel to fly the Grand Union Flag (the precursor to the Stars and Stripes); the flag is hoisted by John Paul Jones.
December 22, 1971 The international aid organization Doctors Without Borders is founded by Bernard Kouchner and a group of journalists in Paris, France.
December 14, 1287 St. Lucia's flood: The Zuiderzee sea wall in the Netherlands collapses, killing over 50,000 people.
December 19, 1187 Pope Clement III is elected.
December 12, 1969 The Piazza Fontana bombing; a bomb explodes at the headquarters of Banca Nazionale dell'Agricoltura (the National Agricultural Bank) in Piazza Fontana in Milan, Italy, killing 17 people and wounding 88. The same afternoon, three more bombs are detonated in Rome and Milan, and another is found unexploded.
December 24, 1500 A joint Venetian–Spanish fleet captures the Castle of St. George on the island of Cephalonia.

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