Historical Events In December - 12

0627  Battle at Nineveh: Byzantine emperor Heraclius beats Perzen today in history.   

0884  Today in history france's Carloman dies while hunting and is succeeded as king of the West Franks by the Holy Roman Emperor Charles III (the Fat), son of the late Louis the German   

1098  Today in history 1st Crusaders capture & plunder Mara Syria   

1408  Order of the Dragon: The Order of the Dragon was first created on December 12, 1408 by Emperor Sigismund, then King of Hungary, and his wife Queen Barbara of Celje following the battle for possession of Bosnia today in history.   

1474  Isabella crowns herself queen of Castile & Aragon today in history.   

1479  Jews are expelled from Schlettstadt Alsace by Emperor Frederick III today in history.   

1524  On December - 12 pope Clement VII approves Organization of Jewish Community of Rome   

1527  Today in history composer Adrian Willaert moves from Milan to Venice   

1653  On this day in history barebone-parliament ends   

1677  Today in history brandenburgs army occupies Stettin   

1700  On December - 12 utrech/ verijsse/ ure/ eerda/ jsselstein adopt Gregorian calendar   

1298  On December - 12 birth of albert II of Austria (d. 1358)   

1418  Albert VI of Austria (d. 1463) was born on December - 12.   

1574  On December - 12 birth of anne van Denemarken, daughter of Danish King Frederik II   

1574  Anne of Denmark, queen consort of James I of England (d. 1619) was born on December - 12.   

1579  Heinrich Steuccius, composer was born today in history.   

1610  Saint Vasilije (d. 1671) was born today in history.   

1630  Olof Rudbeck, composer was born today in history.   

1659  On December - 12 birth of francesco Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect/designer (d. 1739)   

0884  On December - 12 carloman, co-king of France (879, 882-884), dies   

1112  On December - 12 tancred, monarch of Galilea/Edessa/Antioch, dies   

1204  On December - 12 maimonides, [Moses Ben Maimon], Span/Egyptian rabbi, dies at 69   

1212  On this day in history death of geoffrey, Archbishop of York   

1263  Today in history hakon IV, Gamli, King of Norway (1217-63), dies   

1574  Death of Selim II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1524) on December - 12.   

1586  Death of Stefan Batory, King of Poland (b. 1533) today in history.   

1600  John Craig, Scottish church reformer/James VI's court vicar, dies today in history.