Editing December 16 (section)

==Events==
===Pre-1600===
* [[714]] &ndash; [[Pepin of Herstal]], mayor of the [[Merovingian dynasty|Merovingian]] palace, dies at [[Jupille-sur-Meuse|Jupille]] (modern Belgium). He is succeeded by his infant grandson [[Theudoald]], while his widow [[Plectrude]] holds actual power in the [[Francia|Frankish Kingdom]].<ref>{{cite book|last=David|first=Saul|title=The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Warfare: From Ancient Egypt to Iraq|location=New York|publisher=DK Publishing|date=2009|isbn=9780756695484|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YpRT7qBPDAwC|page=68}}</ref>
* [[755]] &ndash; [[An Lushan]] revolts against [[Chancellor of the Tang dynasty|Chancellor]] [[Yang Guozhong]] at [[Yanjing]], initiating the [[An Lushan Rebellion]] during the [[Tang dynasty]] of China.<ref>{{cite book|last=Beckwith|first=Christopher|title=The Tibetan Empire in Central Asia: A History of the Struggle for Great Power Among Tibetans, Turks, Arabs and Chinese During the Early Middle Ages|location=Princeton, N.J.|publisher=Princeton University Press|date=1993|isbn=9780691024691|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fF3sDwAAQBAJ|pages=142–143}}</ref>
*[[1431]] &ndash; [[Hundred Years' War]]: [[Henry VI of England]] is crowned [[King of France]] at [[Notre Dame de Paris|Notre Dame]] in Paris.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Grummitt |first1=David |title=Henry VI |date=2015 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-48260-4 |page=79 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aOcjCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA79 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1497]] &ndash; [[Vasco da Gama]] passes the [[Great Fish River]] at the southern tip of [[Africa]], where [[Bartolomeu Dias]] had previously turned back to Portugal.<ref>{{cite book|last=Rich|first=Jeremy|chapter=Gama, Vasco da|title=Dictionary of African Biography. Vol. 2: Brath—Haile|editor-last1=Akyeampong|editor-first1=Emmanuel Kwaku|editor-last2=Gates|editor-first2=Henry Louis Jr. |location=New York City|publisher=Oxford University Press|date=2012|isbn=9780195382075|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=39JMAgAAQBAJ|page=415}}</ref>
*[[1575]] &ndash; [[1575 Valdivia earthquake|An earthquake]] with an estimated magnitude of 8.5{{M|w}} strikes Valdivia, Chile.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Lomnitz|first=Cinna|title=Major Earthquakes of Chile: A Historical Survey, 1535-1960|journal=Seismological Research Letters|date=May 2004|volume=75|issue=3|page=370|doi=10.1785/gssrl.75.3.368|bibcode=2004SeiRL..75..368L }}</ref>
*[[1598]] &ndash; [[Japanese invasions of Korea (1592&ndash;98)|Seven-Year War]]: [[Battle of Noryang]]: The final battle of the Seven-Year War is fought between the China and the Korean allied forces and Japanese navies, resulting in a decisive allied forces victory.<ref>{{cite book|last=Rucker|first=Spencer C.|chapter=Imjin War: 1582-1598|title=Wars That Changed History: 50 of the World's Greatest Conflicts|location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|publisher=ABC-CLIO|date=2015|isbn=9781610697859|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xhGFCgAAQBAJ|page=159}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1653]] &ndash; [[Interregnum (England)|English Interregnum]]: [[The Protectorate]]: [[Oliver Cromwell]] becomes [[Lord Protector]] of the [[Commonwealth of England]], Scotland and Ireland.
*[[1689]] &ndash; [[Convention Parliament (1689)|Convention Parliament]]: The ''Declaration of Right'' is embodied in the ''[[Bill of Rights 1689|Bill of Rights]]''.
*[[1707]] &ndash; Most Recent [[Hōei eruption|Eruption of Mount Fuji]].<ref name="National Geographic">{{cite news|url=https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/last-eruption-mount-fuji/|title=Dec 16, 1707 CE: Most Recent Eruption of Mount Fuji|location=Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan|publisher=[[National Geographic Society]]|date=19 October 2023|language=en}}</ref>
*[[1761]] &ndash; [[Seven Years' War]]: After a [[Siege of Kolberg (Seven Years' War)|four-month siege]], the Russians under [[Pyotr Rumyantsev]] take the [[Prussia]]n fortress of [[Kołobrzeg]].
*[[1773]] &ndash; [[American Revolution]]: [[Boston Tea Party]]: Members of the [[Sons of Liberty]] disguised as [[Mohawk people|Mohawk Indians]] dump hundreds of crates of tea into [[Boston]] harbor as a protest against the [[Tea Act]].
*[[1777]] &ndash; Virginia becomes the first state to ratify the [[Articles of Confederation]]. [https://2001-2009.state.gov/r/pa/ho/time/ar/91719.htm]
*[[1782]] &ndash; [[British East India Company]]: [[Muharram Rebellion]]: Hada and Mada Miah lead the first anti-British uprising in [[the subcontinent]] against [[Robert Lindsay (Sylhet)|Robert Lindsay]] and his contingents in [[Sylhet Shahi Eidgah]].<ref name="shirsha">{{cite news|last=Ahmed|first=M Shamim|url=https://www.sheershakhobor.com/sylhet-news/2018/06/12/%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A7%80-%E0%A6%88%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9-%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE/|title=সিলেটের শাহী ঈদগাহ ইতিহাস ঐতিহ্য|location=Sylhet|publisher=Sheersha Khobor|date=12 June 2018|language=bn|access-date=1 February 2019|archive-date=2 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402194508/https://www.sheershakhobor.com/sylhet-news/2018/06/12/%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A7%80-%E0%A6%88%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9-%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE/|url-status=usurped}}</ref>
*[[1811]] &ndash; [[1811&ndash;12 New Madrid earthquakes|The first two in a series]] of four severe [[earthquake]]s occur in the vicinity of [[New Madrid Seismic Zone|New Madrid, Missouri]].
*[[1826]] &ndash; [[Benjamin W. Edwards]] rides into Mexican-controlled [[Nacogdoches, Texas]], and declares himself ruler of the [[Fredonian Rebellion|Republic of Fredonia]].
*[[1838]] &ndash; [[Great Trek]]: [[Battle of Blood River]]: ''[[Voortrekkers]]'' led by [[Andries Pretorius]] and [[Sarel Cilliers]] defeat [[Zulu people|Zulu]] ''[[impi]]s'', led by Dambuza (Nzobo) and [[Ndlela kaSompisi]] in what is today [[KwaZulu-Natal]], South Africa.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gov.za/about-sa/public-holidays#reconciliation|title=Public holidays in South Africa|publisher=Government of South Africa|access-date=3 May 2017}}</ref>
*[[1850]] &ndash; The ''[[Charlotte Jane]]'' and the ''[[Randolph (ship)|Randolph]]'' bring the first of the [[Canterbury Association|Canterbury Pilgrims]] to [[Lyttelton, New Zealand]].
*[[1863]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] President [[Jefferson Davis]] appoints General [[Joseph E. Johnston]] to replace General [[Braxton Bragg]] as commander of the [[Army of Tennessee]].
*[[1864]] &ndash; American Civil War: The [[Battle of Nashville]] ends as the [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] [[Army of the Cumberland]] under General [[George Henry Thomas|George H. Thomas]] routs and destroys the Confederate Army of Tennessee under General [[John Bell Hood]], ending its effectiveness as a combat unit.<ref>{{cite web|title=Nashville Battle Facts and Summary|url=https://www.battlefields.org/learn/civil-war/battles/nashville|website=battlefields.org|publisher=American Battlefield Trust|access-date=January 4, 2025}}</ref>
*[[1880]] &ndash; Outbreak of the [[First Boer War]] between the [[Boer]] [[South African Republic]] and the [[British Empire]].
*[[1882]] &ndash; [[Wales national rugby union team|Wales]] and [[England national rugby union team|England]] contest the first Home Nations (now [[Six Nations Championship|Six Nations]]) rugby union match.
*[[1883]] &ndash; [[Tonkin Campaign]]: [[French Third Republic|French]] forces [[Sơn Tây Campaign|capture]] the [[Sơn Tây (Hanoi)|Sơn Tây]] citadel.

===1901–present===
*[[1905]] &ndash; In [[Rugby Union]], The "''[[Match of the Century (Rugby Union)|Match of the Century]]''" is played between [[Wales national rugby union team|Wales]] and [[New Zealand national rugby union team|New Zealand]] at [[Cardiff Arms Park]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/teamsheet.asp?MT_ID=1083 |title=All Blacks vs. Wales |website=All Blacks.com |access-date=21 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The history of WALES v NEW ZEALAND |url=http://www.rugbyrelics.com/Museum/exhibits/WvNZ.htm |website=World Rugby Museum.com |publisher=RugbyRelics}}</ref>
*[[1912]] &ndash; [[First Balkan War]]: The [[Hellenic Navy|Royal Hellenic Navy]] defeats the [[Ottoman Navy]] at the [[Battle of Elli]].
*[[1914]] &ndash; [[World War I]]: Admiral [[Franz von Hipper]] commands a [[raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby]].
*[[1920]] &ndash; The [[1920 Haiyuan earthquake|Haiyuan earthquake]] of 8.5{{M|w}}, rocks the [[Gansu]] province in China, killing an estimated 200,000. 
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[The Holocaust]]: [[Schutzstaffel]] chief [[Heinrich Himmler]] orders that [[Romani people|Roma]] candidates for extermination be deported to [[Auschwitz concentration camp|Auschwitz]].
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: The [[Battle of the Bulge]] begins with the surprise offensive of three [[German Army (Wehrmacht)|German armies]] through the [[Ardennes]] forest.
*[[1951]] &ndash; A Miami Airlines [[Curtiss C-46 Commando]] [[1951 Miami Airlines C-46 crash|crashes]] in [[Elizabeth, New Jersey]], killing all 58 aboard including dancer [[Doris Ruby]].<ref name="dead">{{Cite news |date=December 17, 1951 |title=List of Dead in Crash of Plane in New Jersey |pages=2 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>
*[[1960]] &ndash; A [[United Airlines|United Air Lines]] Douglas DC-8 and a [[Trans World Airlines|TWA]] Lockheed Super Constellation [[1960 New York mid-air collision|collide]] over [[Staten Island]], [[New York City|New York]] and crash, killing all 128 people aboard both aircraft and six more on the ground.
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Second Vatican Council]]: Official revocation of the [[Alhambra Decree|Edict of Expulsion of Jews from Spain]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Timeline of the Spanish Inquisition |url=https://www.britannica.com/list/timeline-of-the-spanish-inquisition |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=27 June 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Bangladesh Liberation War]] and [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]]: The [[Pakistani Instrument of Surrender|surrender]] of the [[Pakistan Army]] brings an end to both conflicts. This is commemorated annually as [[Victory Day (Bangladesh)|Victory Day]] in Bangladesh and Vijay Diwas in India respectively.
*  1971 &ndash; The United Kingdom recognizes [[Bahrain]]'s independence, which is commemorated annually as Bahrain's [[Independence Day (Bahrain)|National Day]].
* [[1972]] &ndash; [[Constitution of Bangladesh|The Constitution]] of the [[People's Republic of Bangladesh]] was enacted.
*  [[1973]] &ndash; [[Aeroflot Flight 2022]] crashes in the Soviet Union's (now Russia) [[Volokolamsky District]], killing all 51 aboard, including four Lithuanian doctors.<ref>{{cite web |last=Dargis |first=Dailius |date=19 April 2010 |title=Gydytojų tragedijos žaizdų neužgydė dešimtmečiai |trans-title=The wounds of the doctors' tragedy did not heal for decades |url=https://www.tv3.lt/naujiena/naujienos/385040/gydytoju-tragedijos-zaizdu-neuzgyde-desimtmeciai |access-date=11 May 2019 |publisher=TV3.lt |language=lt}}</ref>
*  [[1986]] &ndash; [[Jeltoqsan]]: Riots erupt in [[Almaty|Alma-Ata]], [[Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic|Kazakh SSR]], in response to Soviet leader [[Mikhail Gorbachev]]'s dismissal of ethnic Kazakh [[Dinmukhamed Kunaev]], the First Secretary of the [[Communist Party of Kazakhstan (Soviet Union)|Communist Party of Kazakhstan]], and his replacement with [[Gennady Kolbin]], an ethnic Russian from the [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Russian SFSR]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Putz |first=Catherine |date=2016-12-16 |title=1986: Kazakhstan's Other Independence Anniversary |url=https://thediplomat.com/2016/12/1986-kazakhstans-other-independence-anniversary/ |access-date=2023-08-17 |website=thediplomat.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Romanian Revolution]]: Protests break out in [[Timișoara]], [[Romania]], in response to an attempt by the government to evict dissident Hungarian pastor [[László Tőkés]].
*[[2011]] &ndash; [[Zhanaozen massacre]]: Violent protests by oil workers take place in [[Zhanaozen]], [[Kazakhstan]], leading to 16 people dead and 100 injured by the security forces.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Sindelar |first1=Daisy |last2=Toiken |first2=Saniya |date=2012-12-16 |title=A Year After Deadly Riots, Zhanaozen Is Quiet But Angry |language=en |work=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/zhanaozen-a-year-after-the-riots/24798726.html |access-date=2023-08-17}}</ref>
*[[2013]] &ndash; A [[2013 Manila Skyway bus accident|bus falls]] from an elevated highway in the Philippines capital [[Manila]] killing at least 18 people with 20 injured.
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan]] militants [[2014 Peshawar school massacre|attack]] an Army Public School in [[Peshawar]], [[Pakistan]], killing 150 people, 132 of them schoolchildren.<ref>{{cite news |title=Pakistan remembers school attack |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-asia-35103616/pakistan-remembers-peshawar-army-public-school-attack |access-date=27 June 2020}}</ref>
*[[2022]] &ndash; [[2022 Batang Kali landslide|A landslide occurs at a camp at an organic farm]] near the town of [[Batang Kali]] in [[Selangor]], Malaysia, trapping 92 people and killing 31.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-12-16 |title=Malaysia landslide: At least 21 campers dead and more missing |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-63995931 |access-date=2022-12-29}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-12-24 |title=Malaysia finds body of last person unaccounted for in campsite landside |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/malaysia-finds-body-last-person-unaccounted-campsite-landside-2022-12-24/ |access-date=2022-12-29}}</ref>
*[[2024]] – A [[Abundant Life Christian School shooting]]: A mass shooting occurs at [[Abundant Life Christian School]] in [[Madison, Wisconsin]], killing 3 people (including the shooter) and injuring several others.<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 16, 2024 |title=Live updates: 3 dead in shooting at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/live-blog/abundant-life-school-shooting-madison-live-updates-rcna184404 |access-date=December 16, 2024 |website=NBC News |language=en |archive-date=December 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241216181839/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/live-blog/abundant-life-school-shooting-madison-live-updates-rcna184404 |url-status=live }}</ref>