Events by Month: December

Events by Month: December

Questions

1. 16th December 165 Which soldier and politician becomes Lord Protector of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland following the execution of Charles I?
2. 31th December, 175 Arthur Guinness signs a 9000 year lease in which city, where he would begin brewing the beer which bears his name?
3. 30th December, 200 Which former President of Iraq is executed in Baghdad for crimes against humanity?
4. 29th December 184 The US annexed which then-independent nation, which subsequently became the 28th state?
5. 28th December 189 William Röntgen announces the discovery of which form of radiation, commonly used to image internal body structures?
6. 27th December, 183 Which geologist and naturalist sets sail on board the HMS Beagle, during which time he would develop his theory of evolution by natural selection?
7. 26th December, 1860. The first inter-club match in which sport was held between the teams of Hallam and Sheffield?
8. 25th December, 106 Which Norman duke was crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey on Christmas day?
9. 24th December, 197 Stephenie Meyer, author of which set of vampire romance novels, was born in Hartford, Connecticut?
10. 23rd December 18 Which author's novel Emma is first published in the United Kingdom?
11. 22nd December 198 Which gate and monument in Berlin re-opens, effectively ending nearly 40 years of division between East and West Germany?
12. 21st December 16 Puritan pilgrims aboard which ship land at Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts?
13. 20th December 19 Which infamous war criminal and German leader was released from Landsberg prison?
14. 19th December 184 Which female author - most famous for Wuthering Heights - died at the age of 30?
15. 18th December 186 The Thirteenth Amendment to the US Constitution is adopted, outlawing which practice across the nation following the end of the Civil War?
16. 17th December 190 Which pair of brothers launch the first powered and sustained aircraft flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina?
17. 1st December, 195 Which notable US Civil Rights figure is arrested in Montgomery, Alabama after refusing to give up her bus seat to a white man?
18. 15th December 193 Which film - the highest grossing of all time when adjusted for inflation - set during the US Civil War, opens in Atlanta, Georgia?
19. 14th December 19 Which Norwegian explorer becomes the first person to reach the South Pole, shortly before the team led by Robert Falcon Scott?
20. 13th December 157 Which British explorer and privateer sets sail from Plymouth on what would be the second continuous circumnavigation of the world?
21. 12th December 19 Which successful American singer, known as "Ol' Blue Eyes", was born in Hoboken, New Jersey?
22. 11th December 193 Which monarch officially abdicates the thrown of the United Kingdom, leading the accession of George VI?
23. 10th December 195 Which British Prime Minister (1940-45, 1951-55) receives the Nobel Prize for Literature?
24. 9th December 197 The World Health Organisation declares which once-widespread disease to have been eradicated?
25. 8th December 1980. Which former Beatles member was killed by Mark David Chapman in New York?
26. 7th December 194 The Japanese navy launch a surprise attack on which American naval base in Hawaii, sparking their entry into the Second World War four days later?
27. 6th December, 193 US federal judge John Woolsey rules that which James Joyce novel (published in 1922) was not obscene?
28. 5th December, 20 Which South African former president and anti-apartheid leader died at the age of 95 in Johannesburg?
29. 4th December, 195  Which 'royal' fast food chain opened its first restaurant in Miami, Florida?
30. 3rd December, 196 At a hospital in Cape Town, South Africa, Christiaan Barnard performs the first human transplant of which organ?
31. 2nd December, 169 Which religious building - London's tallest structure until 1967 - was consecrated, after it was rebuilt in the aftermath of the Great Fire?

1. 16th December 165 Which soldier and politician becomes Lord Protector of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland following the execution of Charles I?

   Oliver Cromwell
2. 31th December, 175 Arthur Guinness signs a 9000 year lease in which city, where he would begin brewing the beer which bears his name?

   Dublin, Ireland
3. 30th December, 200 Which former President of Iraq is executed in Baghdad for crimes against humanity?

   Saddam Hussein
4. 29th December 184 The US annexed which then-independent nation, which subsequently became the 28th state?

   Texas
5. 28th December 189 William Röntgen announces the discovery of which form of radiation, commonly used to image internal body structures?

   X-Rays
6. 27th December, 183 Which geologist and naturalist sets sail on board the HMS Beagle, during which time he would develop his theory of evolution by natural selection?

   Charles Darwin
7. 26th December, 1860. The first inter-club match in which sport was held between the teams of Hallam and Sheffield?

   Association Football
8. 25th December, 106 Which Norman duke was crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey on Christmas day?

   William I (The Conqueror)
9. 24th December, 197 Stephenie Meyer, author of which set of vampire romance novels, was born in Hartford, Connecticut?

   Twilight
10. 23rd December 18 Which author's novel Emma is first published in the United Kingdom?

    Jane Austen
11. 22nd December 198 Which gate and monument in Berlin re-opens, effectively ending nearly 40 years of division between East and West Germany?

    Brandenburg Gate
12. 21st December 16 Puritan pilgrims aboard which ship land at Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts?

    The Mayflower
13. 20th December 19 Which infamous war criminal and German leader was released from Landsberg prison?

    Adolf Hitler
14. 19th December 184 Which female author - most famous for Wuthering Heights - died at the age of 30?

    Emily Brontë
15. 18th December 186 The Thirteenth Amendment to the US Constitution is adopted, outlawing which practice across the nation following the end of the Civil War?

    Slavery
16. 17th December 190 Which pair of brothers launch the first powered and sustained aircraft flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina?

    Orville and Wilbur Wright
17. 1st December, 195 Which notable US Civil Rights figure is arrested in Montgomery, Alabama after refusing to give up her bus seat to a white man?

    Rosa Parks
18. 15th December 193 Which film - the highest grossing of all time when adjusted for inflation - set during the US Civil War, opens in Atlanta, Georgia?

    Gone With The Wind
19. 14th December 19 Which Norwegian explorer becomes the first person to reach the South Pole, shortly before the team led by Robert Falcon Scott?

    Roald Amundsen
20. 13th December 157 Which British explorer and privateer sets sail from Plymouth on what would be the second continuous circumnavigation of the world?

    Sir Francis Drake
21. 12th December 19 Which successful American singer, known as "Ol' Blue Eyes", was born in Hoboken, New Jersey?

    Frank Sinatra
22. 11th December 193 Which monarch officially abdicates the thrown of the United Kingdom, leading the accession of George VI?

    Edward VIII
23. 10th December 195 Which British Prime Minister (1940-45, 1951-55) receives the Nobel Prize for Literature?

    Sir Winston Churchill
24. 9th December 197 The World Health Organisation declares which once-widespread disease to have been eradicated?

    Smallpox
25. 8th December 1980. Which former Beatles member was killed by Mark David Chapman in New York?

    John Lennon 
26. 7th December 194 The Japanese navy launch a surprise attack on which American naval base in Hawaii, sparking their entry into the Second World War four days later?

    Pearl Harbor
27. 6th December, 193 US federal judge John Woolsey rules that which James Joyce novel (published in 1922) was not obscene?

    Ulysses
28. 5th December, 20 Which South African former president and anti-apartheid leader died at the age of 95 in Johannesburg?

    Nelson Mandela
29. 4th December, 195  Which 'royal' fast food chain opened its first restaurant in Miami, Florida?

    Burger King
30. 3rd December, 196 At a hospital in Cape Town, South Africa, Christiaan Barnard performs the first human transplant of which organ?

    Heart
31. 2nd December, 169 Which religious building - London's tallest structure until 1967 - was consecrated, after it was rebuilt in the aftermath of the Great Fire?

    St. Paul's Cathedral