Historical Events
Elizabeth Báthory Arrested
Dec 30 Hungarian aristocrat Elizabeth Báthory arrested at Csejte Castle on suspicion of killing and torturing hundreds of young girls and women
Famous Birthdays
- Dec 9 Baldassare Ferri, Italian castrato singer, born in Perugia, Italy (d. 1680)
- Dec 12 Basil of Ostrog [Saint Vasilije], Serbian Orthodox bishop, born in Mrkonjići (d. 1671)
- Dec 15 David Teniers the Younger, Flemish court painter (Theatrum Pictorium), born in Antwerp (d. 1690)
- Dec 18 Charles du Fresne du Cange, French scholar and philologist, born in Amiens, France (d. 1688)
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