29th December 1890: Lakota Sioux massacred at Wounded Knee
29/12/2025
More than 150 Native Americans from the Lakota tribe were killed by U.S. soldiers in the Wounded Knee ...
28th December 1537: Francis I of France establishes the first legal deposit for books under the Ordonnance de Montpellier
28/12/2025
The Ordonnance de Montpellier required printers and booksellers to deposit a copy of every book published in the kingdom with the royal ...
27th December 1929: Stalin calls for the ‘liquidation of the kulaks as a class’
27/12/2025
The Soviet dekulakisation campaign began when Joseph Stalin announced the ‘liquidation of the kulaks as a ...
26th December 1991: Soviet Union dissolved in the final meeting of the Supreme Soviet
26/12/2025
As it became obvious that the USSR was falling apart, on 25 December Gorbachev resigned as President and the Soviet Union was formally dissolved the next ...
25th December 800: Charlemagne crowned emperor by Pope Leo III during Christmas Mass at St Peter’s Basilica
25/12/2025
The coronation of Charlemagne established the precedent for what later became known as the Holy Roman Empire and reinforced the idea of a Christian emperor as protector of the ...

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