TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2016

Today is Tuesday, December 13, the 348th day of 2016. There are 18 days left in the year.

0863 — Boudouin with the Iron Arm weds Charles de Kales’ daughter Judith

1294 — Pope Coelestinus V ends term

1545 — Pope Paul III opens Council of Trente (19th ecumenical council)

1570 — Sweden/Denmark signs Peace of Stettin

1572 — Spanish army beats Geuzen fleet under Admiral Lumey

1577 — Sir Francis Drake sets sail from England to go around the world

1621 — Emperor Ferdinand II delegates 1st anti-Reformation decree

1642 — New Zealand discovered by Dutch navigator Abel Tasman

1668 — Jean Racines "Britannicus" premieres in Paris