This Day in History
Today: December 2, 2025
1244
Pope Innocent IV arrives at Lyon for the First Council of Lyon.[1]
1409
The University of Leipzig opens.[2]
1697
St Paul's Cathedral, rebuilt to the design of Sir Christopher Wren following the Great Fire of London, is consecrated.[3]
1763
Dedication of the Touro Synagogue, in Newport, Rhode Island, the first synagogue in what will become the United States.[4]
1766
Swedish parliament approves the Swedish Freedom of the Press Act and implements it as a ground law, thus being first in the world with freedom of speech.
1804
At Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Napoleon Bonaparte crowns himself Emperor of the French.[5]
1805
War of the Third Coalition: Battle of Austerlitz: French troops under Napoleon decisively defeat a joint Russo-Austrian force.[6]
1823
Monroe Doctrine: In a State of the Union message, U.S. President James Monroe proclaims American neutrality in future European conflicts, and warns European powers not to interfere in the Americas.
1845
Manifest Destiny: In a State of the Union message, U.S. President James K. Polk proposes that the United States should aggressively expand into the West.
1848
Franz Joseph I becomes Emperor of Austria.
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