31 December 1384 – Death of John Wycliffe, English theologian and Bible translator.
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30 December 1460 – Death of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, claimant to the English throne (killed in battle) (b. 1411)
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29 December 1170 – Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, is assassinated inside Canterbury Cathedral by followers of King Henry II; he subsequently becomes a saint and martyr in the Anglican Church and the Roman Catholic Church.
28 December 1065 – Westminster Abbey is consecrated.
John Field.
27 December 1571 – Birth of Johannes Kepler, German astronomer (d. 1630)
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26 December 1530 – Death of Babur, Emperor of the Mogul empire (b. 1483)
Christmas Day, 25 December
24 December 563 – The Byzantine church Hagia Sophia in Constantinople is dedicated for the second time after being destroyed by earthquakes.
R. J. Mainstone .
23 December 1493 – Georg Alt's German translation of Hartmann Schedel's Nuremberg Chronicle is published.
22 December 1550 – Death of Richard Plantagenet (Richard of Eastwell). Some say he was possibly a son of Richard III. Author Joan Szechtrman points out however that Richard acknowledged and supported his two known illegintmate children. Why would there be one who was unacknowledged? More likely Richard of Eastwell was an unacknowledged bastard of Richard II's brother, Edward IV.
21 December 1118 – Birth of Thomas Becket, Lord Chancellor of England and Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1170)
by Margaret Butler. Don't believe anything you see or hear in the Richard Burton/Peter O'Toole movie Becket
. Henry was nothing like that!
20 December 1192 – Richard the Lion-Heart is captured and imprisoned by Leopold V of Austria on his way home to England after signing a treaty with Saladin ending the Third crusade.
19 December 1154 – Henry II of England is crowned at Westminster Abbey
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18 December 1271 – Kublai Khan renames his empire "Yuan", officially marking the start of the Yuan Dynasty of Mongolia and China.
by Kathleen Krull .
17 December 942 – Death of William Longsword (b. 893)
and of his invadion of Ireland in Edward Rutherfurd's Princes of Ireland
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16 December 1431 – Henry VI of England is crowned King of France at Notre Dame in Paris. You heard me right. Yes, of England. Oui, of France.
with actors Robert Hardy, Sean Connery, Judi Dench, Julian Glover .
