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December 15 Historical Events

The following events took place on December 15. The list is arranged in chronological order.

Found 48 events. Showing 1 - 30.

  • 533
    Vandalic War: Byzantine general Belisarius defeats the Vandals, commanded by King Gelimer, at the Battle of Tricamarum.
  • 687
    Pope Sergius I is elected.
  • 1161
    Jin–Song wars: Military officers conspire against Emperor Hailing of the Jin dynasty after a military defeat at the Battle of Caishi, and assassinate the emperor at his camp.
  • 1167
    Sicilian Chancellor Stephen du Perche moves the royal court to Messina to prevent a rebellion.
  • 1256
    Hulagu Khan captures and destroys the Hashshashin stronghold at Alamut Castle (in present-day Iran) as part of the Mongol offensive on Islamic southwest Asia.
  • 1467
    Stephen III of Moldavia defeats Matthias Corvinus of Hungary, with the latter being injured thrice, at the Battle of Baia.
  • 1778
    American Revolutionary War: British and French fleets clash in the Battle of St. Lucia.
  • 1791
    The United States Bill of Rights becomes law when ratified by the Virginia General Assembly.
  • 1864
    American Civil War: Battle of Nashville – Union forces under George Thomas almost completely destroy the Army of Tennessee under John Hood.
  • 1890
    Hunkpapa Lakota leader Sitting Bull is killed on Standing Rock Indian Reservation, leading to the Wounded Knee Massacre.
  • 1905
    The Pushkin House is established in Saint Petersburg, Russia, to preserve the cultural heritage of Alexander Pushkin
  • 1906
    The London Underground’s Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway opens.
  • 1913
    Nicaragua becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires Convention.
  • 1914
    World War I: The Serbian Army recaptures Belgrade from the invading Austro-Hungarian Army.
  • 1914
    A gas explosion at Mitsubishi Hōjō coal mine, in Kyushu, Japan, kills 687.
  • 1917
    World War I: An armistice is reached between the new Bolshevik government and the Central Powers.
  • 1933
    The Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution officially becomes effective, repealing the Eighteenth Amendment that prohibited the sale, manufacture, and transportation of alcohol.
  • 1939
    Gone with the Wind receives its premiere at Loew’s Grand Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
  • 1941
    The Holocaust: German troops murder over 15,000 Jews at Drobytsky Yar, a ravine southeast of the city of Kharkiv, Ukraine, Soviet Union.
  • 1942
    World War II: The Battle of Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse, and the Sea Horse begins during the Guadalcanal Campaign.
  • 1943
    World War II: The Battle of Arawe begins during the New Britain Campaign.
  • 1945
    Occupation of Japan: General Douglas MacArthur orders that Shinto be abolished as the state religion of Japan.
  • 1946
    U.S.-backed Iranian troops evict the leadership of the breakaway Republic of Mahabad, putting an end to the Iran crisis of 1946.
  • 1946
    The first election to the Representative Assembly of French India was held.
  • 1954
    The Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands is signed.
  • 1960
    Richard Pavlick is arrested for plotting to assassinate U.S. President-Elect John F. Kennedy.
  • 1960
    King Mahendra of Nepal suspends the country’s constitution, dissolves parliament, dismisses the cabinet, and imposes direct rule.
  • 1961
    Adolf Eichmann is sentenced to death after being found guilty by an Israeli court of 15 criminal charges, including charges of crimes against humanity, crimes against the Jewish people, and membership of an outlawed organization.
  • 1965
    Project Gemini: Gemini 6A, crewed by Wally Schirra and Thomas Stafford, is launched from Cape Kennedy, Florida. Four orbits later, it achieves the first space rendezvous, with Gemini 7.
  • 1967
    The Silver Bridge over the Ohio River collapses, killing 46 people.

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