30th December 1916: “Mad Monk” Grigori Rasputin murdered by Russian nobles
On the night of 29 December, 1916, Rasputin was invited to the home of Prince Felix Yusupov. The...
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30th December 1916: “Mad Monk” Grigori Rasputin murdered by Russian nobles
On the night of 29 December, 1916, Rasputin was invited to the home of Prince Felix Yusupov. The...
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The 1937 Constitution of Ireland was born out of a desire to fully assert Irish independence...
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26th December 1825: The Decembrist Revolt takes place in Russia against autocratic Tsarist rule
The Decembrists were driven by ideals of constitutionalism, liberal reforms, and a desire for a...
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25th December 1776: George Washington crosses the Delaware with a column of the Continental Army
As night fell amidst a harsh winter storm, Washington and approximately 2,400 soldiers began the...
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24th December 1818: ‘Stille Nacht’, known in English as Silent Night, performed for the first time
‘Silent Night’ is based on a six-stanza poem written by Joseph Mohr, a young priest who arrived...
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23rd December 1688: James II of England flees to exile in France during the Glorious Revolution
Facing the inevitability of conflict amidst diminishing support following the invasion by William...
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Haden Edwards, believing that the Mexican government had unjustly annulled his an empresario...
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18th December 1916: End of the Battle of Verdun during the First World War
German forces under the command of Crown Prince Wilhelm had begun the Battle of Verdun with the...
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Project Blue Book began in 1952 to systematically assess and analyse reports of UFOs, and...
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16th December 1944: The Battle of the Bulge begins on the Western Front of the Second World War
The Ardennes Counteroffensive marked a desperate attempt by the Nazis to turn the tide of the war...
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The significance of the Bill of Rights lies not only in its immediate impact on the legal...
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As Cernan prepared to climb the ladder of the lunar module at the end of the final moonwalk, he...
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12th December 2000: Bush v. Gore decision reached by the United States Supreme Court
In a momentous decision the Supreme Court, in a 5-4 ruling, effectively halted the ongoing manual...
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10th December 1541: Thomas Culpeper and Francis Dereham executed for affairs with Catherine Howard
The charges against Culpeper and Dereham were grave – accusations of treasonous affairs with the...
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The signal stood 6 metres (20 feet) high at the junction of Great George Street and Bridge...
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8th December 1912: German Imperial War Council discusses the possibility of a European war
While the Council itself did not trigger the First World War, historians have seen its...
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7th December 1837: The Battle of Montgomery’s Tavern during the Upper Canada Rebellion
The defeat marked the end of the armed phase of the Upper Canada Rebellion but, while the rebels’...
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England’s only recorded military coup d'état resulted in the removal of 140 moderate and Royalist...
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The burning Montreux Casino was to leave an indelible mark on music history thanks to Deep...
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The vast Moravian plains near the town of Austerlitz became the battleground for one of...
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