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Events that took place in the month of December

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1135 Henry I dies 1145 First formal Bull of crusade 1170 Thomas Becket returns to England			1214 William the Lyon of Scotland dies 1259 Treaty of Paris	1214 Alexander II became King of the Scots	1421 Birth of Henry (VI)
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1154 Henry lands in England 1174 William I of Scotland signs Treaty of Falaise 1542 Birth of Mary, Queen of Scots	1625 Treaty of the Hague 1644 Parliament debates the failures of the army		1282 Llewelyn killed		1470 Marriage of Edward of Lancaster and Anne Neville	1417 Sir John Oldcastle executed 1542 Death of James V of Scotland
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1485 Birth of Catherine of Aragon				1154 Henry crowned at Westminster Abbey 1387 Battle of Radcot Bridge 1644 Self-Denying Ordinance	1643 Arundel Castle Siege	1053 Strong winds 1641 William Balfour dismissed
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1135 Stephen succeeds Henry I	1313 Edward prepares for invasion	1144 Capture of Edessa 1167 John, the future king of England is born 1492 Santa Maria runs aground	800 Charlemagne becomes Emperor 1066 William the Conqueror becomes King of England 1085 Domesday Book 1100 Baldwin I becomes king of Jerusalem 1146 Diet of Spires 1170 Becket excommunicates his enemies	1135 Coronation of Stephen of Blois 1251 Margaret marries Alexander III
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1170 Thomas Becket is murdered	1460 Battle of Wakefield	1384 Death of John Wycliffe

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Other events occurring in December

870 The Danes attack Wessex	1017 Death of Eadric Streona	1037 Harold Harefoot becomes king
1062 Harold, earl Wessex, attacked Rhuddlan	1065 Dedication of Westminster Abbey	1069 The North is devastated by the Normans
1126 Henry holds a council at Woodstock	1130 Henry spends Christmas at Woodstock	1140 Stephen besieges Lincoln
1154 Henry II succeeds Stephen	1165 William I 'the Lion' becomes king of the Scots	1187 Clement III becomes Pope
1189 William of Scotland gives Richard 10,000 marks	1192 Richard shipwrecked on the way home	1205 John forces election of De Gray
1206 The Pope chooses Stephen Langton for Canterbury	1290 The 'Eleanor Crosses'	1303 Edward stays at Dunfermline Abbey
1314 Gaveston buried	1332 Balliol overthrown	1342 Siege of Vannes
1387 Invasion threat from France	1413 Richard II's body moved	1423 Treaty of London
1431 Henry VI crowned as King of France	1436 Severe Frosts	1442 Henry VI's legal majority
1454 Henry's health returns	1456 Margaret Beaufort moved to Pembroke	1462 Yorkists take back control of Northumbrian castles
1463 Duke of Somerset rebels	1463 English Truce with Scotland	1476 Edward prevents marriage
1484 Richard returns to London	1492 Columbus lands at Santo Domingo	1494 Henry enters the Order of the Garter
1497 Sheen Palace burns down	1497 Vasco de Gama rounds Cape of Good Hope	1533 Princess Elizabeth moved to Hatfield
1536 Rebels list demands	1553 Elizabeth returns leaves court	1557 The Lords of the Congregation
1560 Death of Francis II, King of France	1642 Winter at Oxford