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Events on 13 December 35

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Year 902

Battle of the Holme: Anglo-Saxon forces are defeated by Danish Vikings under Æthelwold (a son of Æthelred of Wessex) who is killed in battle.

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Year 1294

Saint Celestine V resigns the papacy after only five months to return to his previous life as an ascetic hermit.

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Year 1545

Council of Trent begins.

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Year 1577

Sir Francis Drake sets sail from Plymouth, England, on his round-the-world voyage.

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Year 1636

The Massachusetts Bay Colony organizes three militia regiments to defend the colony against the Pequot Indians. This organization is recognized today as the founding of the National Guard of the United States.

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Year 1642

Abel Tasman reaches New Zealand.

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Year 1643

English Civil War: The Battle of Alton takes place in Hampshire.

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Year 1758

The English transport ship Duke William sinks in the North Atlantic, killing over 360 people.

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Year 1769

Dartmouth College is founded by the Reverend Eleazar Wheelock, with a royal charter from King George III, on land donated by Royal governor John Wentworth.

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Year 1818

Cyril VI of Constantinople resigns from his position as Ecumenical Patriarch.

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Public Holidays Around The World On This Day 3

🇲🇹 Malta · Republic Day

🇱🇨 Saint Lucia · National Day

🇸🇪 Sweden · Sunday

Birthdays on 13 December 190

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Frederick III of Sicily

b. 1272 – d. 1337

King Frederick III of Sicily (d. 1337)

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Jean Gerson

b. 1363 – d. 1429

Jean Gerson, chancellor of the University of Paris (d. 1429)

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Lucy Brocadelli

b. 1476 – d. 1544

Lucy Brocadelli, Dominican tertiary and stigmatic (d. 1544)

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Paul Speratus

b. 1484 – d. 1551

Paul Speratus, German Lutheran (d. 1551)

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Martín de Azpilcueta

b. 1491 – d. 1586

Martín de Azpilcueta, Spanish theologian and economist (d. 1586)

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Justus Menius

b. 1499 – d. 1558

Justus Menius, German Lutheran pastor (d. 1558)

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Pope Sixtus V

b. 1521 – d. 1590

Pope Sixtus V (d. 1590)

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Eric XIV of Sweden

b. 1533 – d. 1577

Eric XIV of Sweden (d. 1577)

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Henry IV of France

b. 1553 – d. 1610

Henry IV of France (d. 1610)

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Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully

b. 1560 – d. 1641

Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully, 2nd Prime Minister of France (b. 1560)

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William Drummond of Hawthornden

b. 1585 – d. 1649

William Drummond of Hawthornden, Scottish poet (d. 1649)

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Robert Plot

b. 1640 – d. 1696

Robert Plot, English chemist and academic (d. 1696)

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Deaths on 13 December 110

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Childebert I

d. 558 (b. 496)

Childebert I, Frankish king (b. 496)

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Du Hongjian

d. 769 (b. 709)

Du Hongjian, Chinese politician (b. 709)

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Pepin I of Aquitaine

d. 838 (b. 797)

Pepin I of Aquitaine (b. 797)

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Angilbert II

d. 859

Angilbert II, archbishop of Milan

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Pope Callixtus II

d. 1124 (b. 1065)

Pope Callixtus II (b. 1065)

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Henry IX, Duke of Bavaria

d. 1126 (b. 1075)

Henry IX, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1075)

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Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor

d. 1250 (b. 1194)

Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1250)

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Bertold of Regensburg

d. 1272

Bertold of Regensburg, German preacher

Albert I, Duke of Bavaria

d. 1404 (b. 1336)

Albert I, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1336)

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Donatello

d. 1466 (b. 1386)

Donatello, Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1386)

Johannes Trithemius

d. 1516 (b. 1462)

Johannes Trithemius, German cryptographer and historian (b. 1462)

Manuel I of Portugal

d. 1521 (b. 1469)

Manuel I of Portugal (b. 1469)

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