1775 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Quebec: British forces repulse an attack by Continental Army General Richard Montgomery.1759 – Arthur Guinness signs a 9,000-year lease at £45 per annum and starts brewing Guinness.1757 – Empress Elizabeth I of Russia issues her ukase incorporating Königsberg into Russia.
1687 – The first Huguenots set sail from France to the Cape of Good Hope.1670 – The expedition of John Narborough leaves Corral Bay, having surveyed the coast and lost four hostages to the Spanish.
1660 – James II of England is named Duke of Normandy by Louis XIV of France. 1600 – The British East India Company is chartered. 1501 – The First Battle of Cannanore commences, seeing the first use of the naval line of battle. 1229 – James I the Conqueror, King of Aragon, enters Medina Mayurqa (now known as Palma, Spain), thus consummating the Christian reconquest of the island of Majorca. 1225 – The Lý dynasty of Vietnam ends after 216 years by the enthronement of the boy emperor Trần Thái Tông, husband of the last Lý monarch, Lý Chiêu Hoàng, starting the Trần dynasty. 1105 – Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV is forced to abdicate in favor of his son, Henry V, in Ingelheim. The invaders are driven back to Reading ( East Anglia) many Danes are killed. 870 – Battle of Englefield: The Vikings clash with ealdorman Æthelwulf of Berkshire. 535 – Byzantine general Belisarius completes the conquest of Sicily, defeating the Gothic garrison of Palermo (Panormos), and ending his consulship for the year. 406 – Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gaul. It is the last day of the year the following day is January 1, the first day of the following year. It is known by a collection of names including: Saint Sylvester's Day, New Year's Eve or Old Year’s Day/Night, as the following day is New Year's Day. December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar.
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