Historical Events
- Dec 3 First recorded successful separation of conjoined twins Elisabet and Catherina Meijerin, completed by Swiss surgeon Johannes Fatio in Basel [1]
- Dec 16 English Parliament passes Bill of Rights establishing limits on crown powers and requirement for regular elections
- Dec 22 Heavy earthquake strikes Innsbruck, Austria
- Dec 30 Henry Purcell & Nahum Tate's opera "Dido & Aeneas" premieres at Josias Priest's girls' school in Chelsea, London
Famous Birthdays
Famous Deaths
- Dec 29 Olfert Dapper, Amsterdam historian/geographer, buried
- Dec 29 Thomas Sydenham, English physician and author of "Observationes Medicae", dies at 65
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