This Day in History
Today: December 1, 2025
800
A council is convened in the Vatican, at which Charlemagne is to judge the accusations against Pope Leo III.[1]
1420
Henry V of England enters Paris alongside his father-in-law King Charles VI of France.[2]
1577
Courtiers Christopher Hatton and Thomas Heneage are knighted by Queen Elizabeth I of England.[3][4]
1640
End of the Iberian Union: Portugal acclaims as King João IV of Portugal, ending 59 years of personal union of the crowns of Portugal and Spain and the end of the rule of the Philippine Dynasty.
1662
Diarist John Evelyn records skating on the frozen lake in St James's Park, London, watched by Charles II and Queen Catherine.[5]
1768
The former slave ship Fredensborg sinks off Tromøya in Norway.
1821
José Núñez de Cáceres wins the independence of the Dominican Republic from Spain and names the new territory the Republic of Spanish Haiti.[6]
1822
Pedro I is crowned Emperor of Brazil.
1824
United States presidential election: Since no candidate received a majority of the total electoral college votes in the election, the United States House of Representatives is given the task of deciding the winner in accordance with the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
1828
Argentine general Juan Lavalle makes a coup against governor Manuel Dorrego, beginning the Decembrist revolution.
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