On this day ......

[Pickwick]

December 16 1653 English Interregnum: The Protectorate, Oliver Cromwell becomes Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland.

 

[Pickwick]

December 18 1538 Pope Paul III excommunicates Henry VIII of England.

 

[unloadonme]

17 December 1909 – Death of King Leopold II of Belgium

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

 

[MassRuss]

December 17, 1939 - German Cruiser Admiral Graf Spee is scuttled

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

 

[unloadonme]

18 December 1662 – Birth of James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Douglas,_2nd_Duke_of_Queensberry

 

[Pickwick]

December 18 1538 Pope Paul III excommunicates Henry VIII of England.

Meant 17.....
December 19 1778 Birth Marie Thérèse of France eldest child of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.

 

[unloadonme]

19 December 1910 – Birth of Jean Genet

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

 

[Pickwick]

December 20 1765 Death of Louis, Dauphin of France, he was Louis XV's only surviving son and the father of Louis XVI, Louis XVIII and Charles X.

 

[MassRuss]

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

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

 

[unloadonme]

21 December 1804 – Birth of Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, KG, PC, FRS, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

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

 

[MassRuss]

December 22, 1135 - Stephen of Blois becomes King of England

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

 

[unloadonme]

^ You're jumping the gun!

21 December 1940 – Death of F Scott Fitzgerald

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._Scott_Fitzgerald

 

[MassRuss]

Oops, so I did

December 21, 1118 (or 1120) Birth of Thomas Becket

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

 

[unloadonme]

22 December 1696 – Birth of James Oglethorpe, English general, founded the Province of Georgia

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

 

[MassRuss]

December 22, 1135 - Stephen of Blois becomes King of England

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

Guess it's appropriate now, LOL

 

[MassRuss]

December 23, 1777 - Birth of Tsar Alexander I of Russia

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

 

[MassRuss]

December 24, 1851 - Library of Congress burns

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_congress#Weakening_.281851.E2.80.931865.29

 

[MassRuss]

December 25, 1066 - William The Conqueror (William I) crowned King of England.

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

 

[Pickwick]

December 26 1790 Louis XVI of France gives his public assent to Civil Constitution of the Clergy during the French Revolution.

December 27 1948 Birth of Gérard Depardieu, French actor.

 

[MassRuss]

December 28, 1065 - Westminster Abbey is consecrated

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