And the next date in the calendar is....

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6 December 1892 – Birth of Sir Osbert Sitwell, Bt

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osbert_Sitwell

 

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7 December 1732 – The Royal Opera House opens at Covent Garden, London

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Opera_House

 

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8 December 1818 – Birth of Prince Charles III of Monaco

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_III,_Prince_of_Monaco

 

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9 December 1674 – Death of Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Hyde,_1st_Earl_of_Clarendon

 

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10 December 1861 – Birth of Daisy Greville, Countess of Warwick

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daisy_Greville,_Countess_of_Warwick

 

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11 December 1921 – Birth of Liz Smith

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liz_Smith_(actress)

 

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12 December 1098 – First Crusade: Siege of Ma'arrat al-Numan – Crusaders breach the town's walls and massacre about 20,000 inhabitants. After finding themselves with insufficient food, they reportedly resort to cannibalism.

 

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13 December 1784 – Death of Samuel Johnson

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Johnson

 

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December 14, 1895 - Birth of King George VI

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_VI

 

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15 December 1892 – Birth of J Paul Getty

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Paul_Getty

 

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December 16, 1485 - Birth of Katharine of Aragon

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_of_Aragon

 

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December 17. 1835 - Great Fire of NY - Lower Manhattan burns

 

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December 18th 1966 - Saturn's inner satellite Epimetheus is discovered by Richard L. Walker.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epimetheus_(moon)

 

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19 December 1848 – Death of Emily Brontë

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Brontë

 

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20 December 1902 – Birth of Prince George, Duke of Kent

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_George,_Duke_of_Kent

 

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21 December 1804 – Birth of Benjamin Disraeli, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Disraeli

 

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22 December 1135 – Stephen of Blois becomes King of England

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen,_King_of_England

 

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23 December 1688 – As part of the Glorious Revolution, King James II of England flees to Paris after being deposed in favour of his nephew, William of Orange and his daughter Mary.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_II_of_England

 

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24 December 1837 – Birth of Empress Elisabeth of Austria

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empress_Elisabeth_of_Austria

 

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25 December 1901 – Birth of Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Alice,_Duchess_of_Gloucester