12 Azar 1406

Events

• 1800 (226 years ago) War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Hohenlinden: French General Jean Victor Marie Moreau decisively defeats the Archduke John of Austria near Munich. Coupled with First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte's earlier victory at Marengo, this will force the Austrians to sign an armistice and end the war.
• 1925 (101 years ago) Final agreement is signed between the Irish Free State, Northern Ireland and the United Kingdom formalizing the Partition of Ireland.
• 1944 (82 years ago) Greek Civil War: Fighting breaks out in Athens between the ELAS and government forces supported by the British Army.
• 1959 (67 years ago) The current flag of Singapore is adopted, six months after Singapore became self-governing within the British Empire.
• 1965 (61 years ago) Soviet Union, Space probe of the Luna program, called Luna 8, is launched, but crashes on the Moon.
• 1994 (32 years ago) Taiwan holds its first full local elections; James Soong elected as the first and only directly elected Governor of Taiwan, Chen Shui-bian became the first directly elected Mayor of Taipei, Wu Den-yih became the first directly elected Mayor of Kaohsiung.
• 2012 (14 years ago) At least 475 people are killed after Typhoon Bopha makes landfall in the Philippines.
• 2024 (2 years ago) Martial law is declared in South Korea.

Births

• 1800 (226 years ago) France Prešeren, Slovenian poet and lawyer (died 1849)
• 1857 (169 years ago) Joseph Conrad, Polish-born British novelist (died 1924)
• 1930 (96 years ago) Jean-Luc Godard, French-Swiss director and screenwriter (died 2022)
• 1948 (78 years ago) Ozzy Osbourne, English singer-songwriter (died 2025)
• 1960 (66 years ago) Julianne Moore, American actress and author
• 1968 (58 years ago) Brendan Fraser, American actor and producer
• 1981 (45 years ago) David Villa, Spanish footballer
• 1985 (41 years ago) Amanda Seyfried, American actress

Deaths

• 311 (1715 years ago) Diocletian, Roman emperor (born 244)
• 1154 (872 years ago) Pope Anastasius IV,
• 1533 (493 years ago) Vasili III of Russia,
• 1552 (474 years ago) Francis Xavier, Spanish missionary and saint (born 1506)
• 1888 (138 years ago) Carl Zeiss, German physicist and lens maker, created the optical instrument (born 1816)
• 1894 (132 years ago) Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish novelist, poet, and essayist (born 1850)
• 1910 (116 years ago) Mary Baker Eddy, American religious leader and author, founded Christian Science (born 1821)
• 1919 (107 years ago) Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French painter and sculptor (born 1841)

All 375 events, births and deaths of December 3