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The following events took place on December 2. The list is arranged in chronological order.

Found 42 events. Showing 1 - 30.

• 1409

  The University of Leipzig opens.
• 1697

  St Paul’s Cathedral is consecrated in London.
• 1755

  The second Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed by fire.
• 1763

  Dedication of the Touro Synagogue, in Newport, Rhode Island, the first synagogue in what will become the United States.
• 1775

  The 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.
• 1804

  At Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Napoleon Bonaparte crowns himself Emperor of the French, the first French Emperor in a thousand years.
• 1805

  War of the Third Coalition: Battle of Austerlitz – French troops under Napoleon Bonaparte decisively defeat a joint Russo-Austrian force.
• 1823

  Monroe Doctrine: In a State of the Union message, U.S. President James Monroe proclaims American neutrality in future European conflicts, and warns European powers not to interfere in the Americas.
• 1845

  Manifest Destiny: In a State of the Union message, U.S. President James K. Polk proposes that the United States should aggressively expand into the West.
• 1848

  Franz Josef I becomes Emperor of Austria.
• 1851

  French President Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte overthrows the Second Republic.
• 1852

  Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte becomes Emperor of the French as Napoleon III.
• 1859

  Militant abolitionist leader John Brown is hanged for his October 16 raid on Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.
• 1867

  At Tremont Temple in Boston, British author Charles Dickens gives his first public reading in the United States.
• 1899

  Philippine–American War: The Battle of Tirad Pass, termed “The Filipino Thermopylae”, is fought.
• 1908

  Puyi becomes Emperor of China at the age of two.
• 1917

  World War I: Russia and the Central Powers sign an armistice at Brest-Litovsk, and peace talks leading to the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk begin.
• 1920

  Following more than a month of Turkish–Armenian War, the Turkish dictated Treaty of Alexandropol is concluded.
• 1927

  Following 19 years of Ford Model T production, the Ford Motor Company unveils the Ford Model A as its new automobile.
• 1930

  Great Depression: In a State of the Union message, U.S. President Herbert Hoover proposes a US$150 million public works program to help generate jobs and stimulate the economy.
• 1939

  New York City’s LaGuardia Airport opens.
• 1942

  World War II: During the Manhattan Project, a team led by Enrico Fermi initiates the first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction.
• 1943

  World War II: A Luftwaffe bombing raid on the harbour of Bari, Italy, sinks numerous cargo and transport ships, including the American SS John Harvey, which is carrying a stockpile of World War I-era mustard gas.
• 1947

  Jerusalem Riots of 1947: Riots break out in Jerusalem in response to the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine.
• 1954

  Cold War: The United States Senate votes 65 to 22 to censure Joseph McCarthy for “conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute”.
• 1954

  The Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty, between the United States and Taiwan, is signed in Washington, D.C.
• 1956

  The Granma reaches the shores of Cuba’s Oriente Province. Fidel Castro, Che Guevara and 80 other members of the 26th of July Movement disembark to initiate the Cuban Revolution.
• 1961

  In a nationally broadcast speech, Cuban leader Fidel Castro declares that he is a Marxist–Leninist and that Cuba is going to adopt Communism.
• 1962

  Vietnam War: After a trip to Vietnam at the request of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield becomes the first American official to comment adversely on the war’s progress.
• 1970

  The United States Environmental Protection Agency begins operations.

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