On this day ......

[Pickwick]

December 10 1799 France adopts the metre as its official unit of length.

 

[unloadonme]

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

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

 

[MassRuss]

December 10, 1914 - Birth of actress Dorothy Lamour

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

 

[Pickwick]

December 11 1792 French Revolution: King Louis XVI of France is put on trial for treason by the National Convention.

 

[unloadonme]

11 December 1688 – King James II of England abdicated the throne by throwing the Great Seal of the Realm into the River Thames.

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

 

[Pickwick]

Oh I was hesitating with this one...

December 12 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.

 

[MassRuss]

December 12, 1574 - Birth of Anne of Denmark, Queen Consort of Scotland, England & Ireland as the wife of James VI & I

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

 

[unloadonme]

12 December 1731 – Birth of Erasmus Darwin, English physician and poet

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

 

[Pickwick]

December 13 1250 Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor.

 

[MassRuss]

December 13, 1818 - Birth of Mary Todd Lincoln, future 1st Lady of the US

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

 

[unloadonme]

14 December 1775 – Birth of Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Cochrane,_10th_Earl_of_Dundonald

 

[MassRuss]

December 14, 1542 - Princess Mary Stuart becomes Mary, Queen of Scots

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary,_Queen_of_Scots

 

[Pickwick]

December 14 1812 The French invasion of Russia comes to an end as the remnants of the Grande Armée are expelled from Russia.

 

[Pickwick]

December 15 1832 Birth of Gustave Eiffel, French engineer and architect, co-designed the Eiffel Tower.

 

[unloadonme]

15 December 1966 – Death of Walt Disney

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

 

[MassRuss]

December 15, 37 - Birth of Nero

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

 

[unloadonme]

15 December 1753 – Death of Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington and 4th Earl of Cork, KG, PC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Boyle,_3rd_Earl_of_Burlington

 

[MassRuss]

October 16, 1773 - Boston Tea Party

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

Obviously the "Tea Partiers" of today got it wrong, LOL

 

[unloadonme]

16 December 1965 – Death of W Somerset Maugham

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Somerset_Maugham

 

[MassRuss]

December 16, 1773 - Boston Tea Party

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

Obviously the "Tea Partiers" of today got it wrong, LOL

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