This Day in History
Today: December 4, 2025
771
Austrasian king Carloman I dies, leaving his brother Charlemagne as sole king of the Frankish Kingdom.[1]
963
The lay papal protonotary is elected pope and takes the name Leo VIII, being consecrated on 6 December after ordination.[2]
1110
An army led by Baldwin I of Jerusalem and Sigurd the Crusader of Norway captures Sidon at the end of the First Crusade.[3]
1259
Kings Louis IX of France and Henry III of England agree to the Treaty of Paris, in which Henry renounces his claims to French-controlled territory on continental Europe (including Normandy) in exchange for Louis withdrawing his support for English rebels.[4]</...
1563
The final session of the Council of Trent is held[5] nearly 18 years after the body held its first session on December 13, 1545.[6]
1619
Thirty-eight colonists arrive at Berkeley Hundred, Virginia. The group's charter proclaims that the day "be yearly and perpetually kept holy as a day of thanksgiving to Almighty God."
1623
50 Christians are executed in Edo, Japan, during the Great Martyrdom of Edo.[7]
1676
The Battle of Lund, becomes the bloodiest battle in Scandinavian history.
1745
Charles Edward Stuart's army reaches Derby, its furthest point during the Second Jacobite Rising.
1783
At Fraunces Tavern in New York City, U.S. General George Washington bids farewell to his officers.
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