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ÉVéNEMENTS DU 13 DéCEMBRE

Fenians

Année: 1867

A Fenian bomb explodes in Clerkenwell, London, killing 12 people and injuring 50.

Sherman's March to the Sea

Année: 1864

American Civil War: Sherman's March to the Sea: The Second Battle of Fort McAllister ends with the fort being seized by Union forces under General William B. Hazen, threatening the city of Savannah with investment.

American Civil War

Année: 1862

American Civil War: At the Battle of Fredericksburg, Confederate General Robert E. Lee repulses attacks by Union Major General Ambrose Burnside on Marye's Heights, inflicting heavy casualties.

Second Sino-Japanese War

Année: 1937

Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanking: The city of Nanjing, defended by the National Revolutionary Army under the command of General Tang Shengzhi, falls to the Japanese. This is followed by the Nanking Massacre, in which Japanese troops rape and slaughter hundreds of thousands of civilians.

The Holocaust

Année: 1938

The Holocaust: The Neuengamme concentration camp opens in the Bergedorf district of Hamburg, Germany.

Knesset

Année: 1949

The Knesset votes to move the capital of Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

Kalavryta massacre

Année: 1943

World War II: The Massacre of Kalavryta by German occupying forces in Greece.

Battle of the River Plate

Année: 1939

The Battle of the River Plate is fought off the coast of Uruguay; the first naval battle of World War II. The Kriegsmarine's Deutschland-class cruiser (pocket battleship) Admiral Graf Spee engages with three Royal Navy cruisers: HMS Ajax, HMNZS Achilles and HMS Exeter.

Cyril VI of Constantinople

Année: 1818

Cyril VI of Constantinople resigns from his position as Ecumenical Patriarch under pressure from the Ottoman Empire.

Dartmouth College

Année: 1769

Dartmouth College is founded by the Reverend Eleazar Wheelock, with a royal charter from King George III, on land donated by Royal governor John Wentworth.

NAISSANCES DU 13 DéCEMBRE

Albert Aalbers

Année de naissance: 1897

Albert Aalbers, Dutch architect, designed the Savoy Homann Bidakara Hotel (died 1961)

Drew Pearson (journalist)

Année de naissance: 1897

Drew Pearson, American journalist and author (died 1969)

Jonel Perlea

Année de naissance: 1900

Jonel Perlea, Romanian-American conductor and educator (died 1970)

Talcott Parsons

Année de naissance: 1902

Talcott Parsons, American sociologist and academic (died 1979)

Carlos Montoya

Année de naissance: 1903

Carlos Montoya, Spanish guitarist and composer (died 1993)

Panagiotis Kanellopoulos

Année de naissance: 1902

Panagiotis Kanellopoulos, Greek philosopher and politician, 138th Prime Minister of Greece (died 1986)

Lucía Sánchez Saornil

Année de naissance: 1895

Lucía Sánchez Saornil, Spanish anarchist feminist (died 1970)

George Pólya

Année de naissance: 1887

George Pólya, Hungarian-American mathematician and academic (died 1985)

Josef Lhévinne

Année de naissance: 1874

Josef Lhévinne, Russian pianist and educator (died 1944)

Emily Carr

Année de naissance: 1871

Emily Carr, Canadian painter and author (died 1945)

DéCèS DU 13 DéCEMBRE

August Šenoa

Année de décès: 1881

August Šenoa, Croatian author and poet (born 1838)

Victor de Laprade

Année de décès: 1883

Victor de Laprade, French poet and critic (born 1812)

Georg August Rudolph

Année de décès: 1893

Georg August Rudolph, German lawyer and politician, 3rd Mayor of Marburg (born 1816)

Ányos Jedlik

Année de décès: 1895

Ányos Jedlik, Hungarian physicist and engineer (born 1800)

Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius

Année de décès: 1868

Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, German botanist and explorer (born 1794)

Friedrich Hebbel

Année de décès: 1863

Christian Friedrich Hebbel, German poet and playwright (born 1813)

Samuel Johnson

Année de décès: 1784

Samuel Johnson, English poet and lexicographer (born 1709)

Charles-Joseph, 7th Prince of Ligne

Année de décès: 1814

Charles-Joseph, 7th Prince of Ligne, Belgian-Austrian field marshal (born 1735)

Johann Centurius Hoffmannsegg

Année de décès: 1849

Johann Centurius Hoffmannsegg, German botanist and entomologist (born 1766)

Thomas R. R. Cobb

Année de décès: 1862

Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb, American general, lawyer, and politician (born 1823)

JOURS FéRIéS DU 13 DéCEMBRE

Antiochus of Sulcis

Christian feast day: St Antiochus of Sulcis

Armed Forces Day

Sailor's Day (Brazil)

Nanjing Massacre Memorial Day

Nanking Massacre Memorial Day (China)

Acadians

Acadian Remembrance Day (Acadians)

Odile of Alsace

Christian feast day: St Odile of Alsace

Saint Lucy's Day

Saint Lucia Day (mainly in Scandinavia)

Saint Lucy

Christian feast day: St Lucy

Republic Day (Malta)

Public holidays in Saint Lucia

National Day (Saint Lucia)

Judoc

Christian feast day: St Judoc aka St Joyce

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