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Dec 20, 1046
Synod of Sutri: German King Henry III removes Popes Gregory VI
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Dec 20, 1046
Benedictus IX & Silvester III & names Bishop Siutger, Pope Clemens II at the Council of Sutri
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Dec 20, 1494
Oronce Finé, French mathematician (d. 1555)
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Dec 24, 1522
Suleiman the Magnificent accepts the surrender of the surviving Knights of Rhodes, who are allowed to evacuate. They eventually settle on Malta and become known as the Knights of Malta.
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Dec 20, 1537
John III, King of Sweden (1568-92), born in Östergötland, Sweden (d. 1592)
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Virginia Company settlers leave London to establish Jamestown, Virginia
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French flag lowered in New Orleans to mark formal transfer of Louisiana Purchase from France to US for $27M
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"Grimm's Fairy Tales" by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm is published
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Cheka formed - Soviet state security force and forerunner to the KGB, under Felix Dzerzhinsky after decree by Lenin
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General Vespasian's troops occupy Rome after defeating the Emperor Vitellius