306 End of the Chinese "War of the Eight Princes" (291-306)

1190 Massacre of the Jews of Norwich, England

1577 King Henri of Navarre becomes leader of the French Huguenots.

1626 Peace of La Rochelle: between French Huguenots & Catholics

1638 Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar lays siege to Breisach, held by the HRE (takes the city, Dec 17th)

1685 Accession of James II of England and VII of Scotland (1685-1688), deposed, d. 1701

1716 Anglo-Dutch alliance renewed.

1778 France recognizes US, signs treaty of aid in Paris

1806 Naval Battle of Santo Domingo: Sir John Thomas Duckworth's British squadron defeats Corentin Urbain Leissègues' French

1832 US ship destroys Sumatran village in retaliation for piracy

1840 Treaty of Waitangi: Peace between Maori & English settlers

1862 Commo Andrew Foote & Maj Gen Ulysses S. Grant capture Ft. Henry, on the Tennessee River

1899 Spanish-American War officially ends

1900 The International Arbitration Court is established at The Hague

1922 Achille Ratti elected Pope as Pius XI (1922-1939)

1922 US, UK, Japan, France, & Italy sign the Washington Naval Arms Limitation Treaty

1939 The Spanish Republican government flees to France

1941 Battle of Beda Fomm: British complete destruction of Italian Tenth Army

1941 British troops capture Bengazi, Libya

1943 CAM Div reaches the Umasani River on Guadalcanal.

1943 Japanese lose 24 aircraft in an attack on the Wau airfield, New Guinea.

1944 British Chindits begin infiltrating into the Japanese rear area in Burma

1944 Chinese troops advance from the north in Burma

1945 Battle for Manila begins

1945 Over 4,000 American POWs are freed from prison camps on Luzon.

1952 Accession of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (1952-)

1984 Moslem militiamen take over West Beirut from Lebanese Army

2004 Chechen terrorists bomb the Moscow subway, 49 die, scores injured