December

• Death of Henry I, king of England

• Death of George Everest, British surveyor

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• The Pioneer 10 spacecraft passed by Jupiter

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• Death of William I, king of Scots

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• Inauguration of Alexander II, king of Scots

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• Birth of Henry VI, king of England

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• Birth of Mary I, queen of Scots

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• Death of Malcolm IV, king of Scots

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• Abdication of Edward VIII, king of the United Kingdom
• Accession of George VI, king of the United Kingdom

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• Death of James V, king of Scots
• Accession of Mary I, queen of Scots

• Birth of George VI, king of the United Kingdom

• Douglas Bader crashed his aircraft while attempting a low level slow roll. His life was saved but both his legs had to be amputated.

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• Oliver Cromwell becomes lord protector of England, Scotland and Ireland

• Paul Revere is one of the participants at the Boston Tea Party

• George Everest retired after completing the great trigonometrical survey of India

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• Coronation of Henry II, king of England

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• Nicolas Fouquet was convicted of embezzlement and sentenced to banishment. Louis XIV had the sentence increased to life imprisonment.

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• Coronation of Stephen, king of England

• Rhodesia left the Commonwealth

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• Inauguration of William I, king of Scots

• Birth of John, king of England

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• Coronation of William I, king of England

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• Death of Mary II, queen of England and Scots

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• Birth of Charles Goodyear, American inventor

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