December 13: St Lucy's Day in Italy and Scandinavia
Wojciech Jaruzelski
- 1545 – The Council of Trent, an ecumenical council convoked by Pope Paul III in response to the growth of Protestantism, opened in Trent, Bishopric of Trent (now in modern Italy).
- 1769 – Dartmouth College in present-day Hanover, New Hampshire, US, was established by a Royal Charter and became the last university founded in the Thirteen Colonies before the American Revolution.
- 1960 – With Emperor of Ethiopia Haile Selassie out of the country, four conspirators staged a coup attempt and installed Crown Prince Asfaw Wossen as the new Emperor.
- 1981 – Polish Prime Minister Wojciech Jaruzelski (pictured) declared martial law, suspended Solidarity and imprisoned many union leaders.
- 2001 – The Parliament of India was attacked by five gunmen, resulting in 12 deaths, including those of the perpetrators.
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