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24th December In History

By Harmeet Singh on December 24, 2025

640 – Pope John IV is elected. 1294 – Pope Boniface VIII is elected, replacing St. Celestine V, who had resigned. 1777 – Kiritimati, also…

23rd December In History

By Harmeet Singh on December 23, 2025

562 – Hagia Sophia in Constantinople reopened with a rebuilt dome after a series of earthquakes caused the original to collapse. 1572 – Theologian Johann…

22nd December In History

By Harmeet Singh on December 22, 2025

69 – Emperor Vitellius is captured and murdered at the Gemonian stairs in Rome. 401 – Pope Innocent I is elected. 856 – Damghan earthquake:…

20th December in History

By Harmeet Singh on December 20, 2025

69 – Vespasian, formerly a general under Nero, enters Rome to claim the title of Emperor. 217 – Callixtus I is elected as the sixteenth…

19th December in History

By Harmeet Singh on December 19, 2025

211 – Publius Septimius Geta, co-emperor of Rome, is lured to come without his bodyguards to meet his brother Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (Caracalla), to discuss…

1271 – Kublai Khan renames his empire “Yuan” (元 yuán), officially marking the start of the Yuan dynasty of Mongolia and China. 1777 – The United States celebrates its first Thanksgiving, marking the recent…

17th December in History

By Harmeet Singh on December 17, 2025

1398 – Sultan Nasir-u Din Mehmud’s armies in Delhi are defeated by Timur. 1538 – Pope Paul III excommunicates Henry VIII of England. 1718 –…

16th December in History

By Harmeet Singh on December 16, 2025

1431 – Hundred Years’ War: Henry VI of England is crowned King of France at Notre Dame in Paris. 1497 – Vasco da Gama passes…

15th December in History

By Harmeet Singh on December 15, 2025

1256 – Mongol forces under the command of Hulagu Khan enter and destroy the Hashshashin stronghold at Alamut Castle (in present-day Iran) as part of…

14th December in History

By Harmeet Singh on December 14, 2025

557 – Constantinople is severely damaged by an earthquake. 835 – Sweet Dew Incident: Emperor Wenzong of the Tang dynasty conspires to kill the powerful…

13th December in History

By Harmeet Singh on December 13, 2025

1577 – Sir Francis Drake sets sail from Plymouth, England, on his round-the-world voyage. 1636 – The Massachusetts Bay Colony organizes three militia regiments to…

12th December in History

By Harmeet Singh on December 12, 2025

627 – Battle of Nineveh: A Byzantine army under Emperor Heraclius defeats Emperor Khosrau II’s Persian forces, commanded by General Rhahzadh. 884 – King Carloman…

11th December in History

By Harmeet Singh on December 11, 2025

361 – Julian enters Constantinople as sole Emperor of the Roman Empire. 630 – Muhammad leads an army of 10,000 to conquerMecca. 861 – Assassination…

10th December in History

By Harmeet Singh on December 10, 2025

1041 – The son of Empress Zoë of Byzantium succeeds to the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire as Michael V. 1317 – The “Nyköping…

9th December in History

By Harmeet Singh on December 9, 2025

480 – Odoacer, first King of Italy, occupies Dalmatia. He later establishes his political power with the co-operation of the Roman Senate. 536 – Gothic…

8th December in History

By Harmeet Singh on December 8, 2025

395 – Later Yan is defeated by its former vassal Northern Wei at the Battle of Canhe Slope. 757 – Du Fu returns to Chang’an…

7th December in History

By Harmeet Singh on December 7, 2025

43 BC – Marcus Tullius Cicero is assassinated. 574 – Byzantine Emperor Justin II retires due to recurring seizures of insanity. He abdicates the throne…

6th December in History

By Harmeet Singh on December 6, 2025

• 1060 – Béla I is crowned King of Hungary. • 1240 – Mongol invasion of Rus’: Kiev under Daniel of Galicia and Voivode Dmytrofalls…

5th December in History

By Harmeet Singh on December 5, 2025

1138 – Lý Anh Tông is enthroned as emperor of Vietnam at the age of two, beginning a 37-year reign. 1556 – Akbar (14) succeeds…

4th December in History

By sangeeta Saxena on December 4, 2025

India celebrating its Navy Day 771 – Austrasian king Carloman I dies, leaving his brother Charlemagne king of the now complete Frankish Kingdom. 1110…