|
3 December| 3 December 1368 | France, England [Hundred Years War (1337–1453)] | King Charles V of France accepts a judicial appeal from Gascon nobles against their governor, Edward, Prince of Wales, the Black Prince, son of King Edward III of England, thus effectively renewing the war against England. | | 3 December 1592 | Spanish Netherlands, Holy Roman Empire [political events] | When Alessandro Farnese, duke of Parma and Habsburg governor of the Spanish Netherlands, dies before his uncle King Philip II of Spain can sack Him, having failed to subdue the revolutionary regime of the United Netherlands in the north, he has, however, succeeded in reconquering the southern Netherlands (modern Belgium) for Spain and Catholicism. Ernst, archduke of Austria, is eventually appointed governor in his place. | | 3 December 1676 | Sweden, Denmark-Norway [wars] | King Charles XI of Sweden defeats an invading Danish army at Lund in southern Sweden. | | 3 December 1839 | Denmark [political events] | King Frederick VI of Denmark dies and is succeeded by his nephew, Christian VIII. | | 3 December 1857 | UK, Poland [births and deaths] | Joseph Conrad (pen-name of Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski), Polish-born British novelist whose works include Heart of Darkness, Nostromo, and Chance, born in Berdichev, Poland (–1924). | | 3 December 1868 | UK [elections] | The English statesman William Ewart Gladstone forms a Liberal ministry in Britain after victory over the Conservatives in the general election. | | 3 December 1894 | Scotland, Pacific [births and deaths] | Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish novelist who wrote Kidnapped, Treasure Island, and The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, dies in Vailima, Samoa (44). | | 3 December 1919 | [births and deaths] | Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French Impressionist painter, dies in Cannes, France (78). | | 3 December 1967 | South Africa [surgery] | South African surgeon Christiaan Barnard performs the first heart transplant operation. The patient, Louis Washkansky, survives for 18 days. | | 3 December 2007 | Sri Lanka [cricket] | Sri Lankan cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan sets a new world bowling record as he takes his 709th Test wicket in a match against the visiting England team. |
How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
?Sign in  |
|---|
|
|
|