19 December in history

4 events that happened on 19 December, from 1562 to 1998.

  1. ✦ Anniversary of the day

    1562 CE 464 years ago

    Catholics and Huguenots clash at Dreux

    The first major battle of the French Wars of Religion was fought at Dreux, west of Paris. Both armies' commanders were captured, and the bloody outcome showed the war would be long.

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  2. 1777 CE 249 years ago

    Washington's army goes into winter quarters at Valley Forge

    About 12,000 Continental soldiers marched into camp at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. Some 2,000 died of disease over the winter, but drilling under Baron von Steuben made the survivors a more effective army.

  3. 1843 CE 183 years ago

    Charles Dickens publishes A Christmas Carol

    Charles Dickens's novella about the miser Ebenezer Scrooge went on sale and sold out its first printing by Christmas Eve. It shaped Victorian ideals of a charitable, family-centred Christmas.

  4. 1998 CE 28 years ago

    The House impeaches President Clinton

    The US House of Representatives impeached Bill Clinton for perjury and obstruction of justice related to the Monica Lewinsky affair. The Senate acquitted him in February 1999.

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