My Muslim Calendar Project

December 22 Events 856  –  Damghan earthquake : An earthquake near the Persian city of  Damghan  kills an estimated 200,000 people, the sixth deadliest earthquake in recorded history. [3] 1790  – The Turkish fortress of  Izmail  is  stormed and captured  by  Alexander Suvorov  and his Russian armies. 1851  – India's first freight train is operated in  Roorkee , to transport material for the construction of the  Ganges Canal . 1939  – Indian Muslims observe a " Day of Deliverance " to celebrate the resignations of members of the  Indian National Congress  over their not having been consulted over the decision to enter  World War II  with the United Kingdom. [10] 1948  –  Sjafruddin Prawiranegara  established the  Emergency Government of the Republic of Indonesia  ( Pemerintah Darurat Republik Indonesia , PDRI) in  West Sumatra . 1974  –  Grande Comore ,...

December 21 Events 1361  – The  Battle of Linuesa  is fought in the context of the Spanish  Reconquista  between the forces of the  Emirate of Granada  and the combined army of the  Kingdom of Castile  and of  Jaén  resulting in a Castilian victory. 1832  –  Egyptian–Ottoman War :  Egyptian  forces decisively defeat  Ottoman  troops at the  Battle of Konya . 1963  –  "Bloody Christmas"  begins in Cyprus, ultimately resulting in the displacement of 25,000–30,000  Turkish Cypriots  and destruction of more than 100 villages. 1973  – The  Geneva Conference  on the  Arab–Israeli conflict  opens. 1988  – A bomb explodes on board  Pan Am Flight 103  over  Lockerbie ,  Dumfries and Galloway , Scotland, killing 270. This is to date the deadliest air disaster to occur on British soil. 1995  – The city of  Bethlehem  pas...

December 20 Events 1192  –  Richard I of England  is captured and imprisoned by  Leopold V  of Austria on his way home to England after the  Third Crusade . [2] 1915  –  World War I : The last Australian troops are evacuated from  Gallipoli . 1942  – World War II:  Japanese air forces  bomb  Calcutta ,  India . 1948  –  Indonesian National Revolution : The Dutch military  captures Yogyakarta , the temporary capital of the newly formed Republic of Indonesia. 1991  – A Missouri court sentences the Palestinian militant Zein Isa and his wife Maria to death for the  honor killing of their daughter Palestina . 1995  –  NATO  begins peacekeeping in  Bosnia . Births 1873 –  Mehmet Akif Ersoy , Turkish poet, academic, and politician (d. 1936) 1915  –  Aziz Nesin , Turkish author and poet (d. 1995) 1917 –  Cahit Külebi , Turkish poet and author (d. 1997) 1935 ...

December 19 Events 1927  – Three Indian revolutionaries,  Ram Prasad Bismil ,  Roshan Singh  and  Ashfaqulla Khan , are executed by the  British Raj  for participation in the  Kakori conspiracy . 1929  – The  Indian National Congress  promulgates the  Purna Swaraj  (the Declaration of the Independence of India). 1997  –  SilkAir Flight 185  crashes into the  Musi River , near  Palembang  in  Indonesia , killing 104. 2000  – The Leninist Guerrilla Units wing of the  Communist Labour Party of Turkey/Leninist  attack a  Nationalist Movement Party  office in  Istanbul ,  Turkey , killing one person and injuring three. 2016  – Russian ambassador to Turkey  Andrei Karlov  is  assassinated  while at an art exhibition in  Ankara . The assassin, Mevlüt Mert Altıntaş, is shot and killed by a Turkish guard. Births 1926 –  Fikret O...

December 18 Events 1499  –  A rebellion breaks out  in  Alpujarras  in response to the  forced conversions of Muslims in Spain . 1878  – The  Al-Thani  family become the rulers of the state of  Qatar . 2005  – The  Chadian Civil War  begins when rebel groups, allegedly backed by neighbouring  Sudan , launch an  attack in Adré . 2006  – The first of a  series of floods  strikes  Malaysia . The death toll of all flooding is at least 118, with over 400,000 people displaced. 2006 –  United Arab Emirates  holds its  first-ever elections . Births 1552  –  Ahmad Ibn al-Qadi , Moroccan writer, judge and mathematician (d. 1616) 1863  –  Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria  (d. 1914) 1928  –  Mirza Tahir Ahmad , Indian-English caliph and author (d. 2003) 1986 –  Usman Khawaja , Pakistani-Australian cricketer 1988 –  Imad Wasim , Pakistani crick...

December 17 Events 546  –  Siege of Rome : The  Ostrogoths  under king  Totila  plunder the city, by bribing the  Byzantine  garrison. 920  –  Romanos I Lekapenos  is crowned co-emperor of the underage  Constantine VII . 1398  –  Sultan Nasir-u Din Mehmud 's armies in Delhi are defeated by  Timur . 1946  –  Kurdistan  flag day, the flag of Kurdistan was raised for the first time in  Mahabad  in eastern Kurdistan (Iran). 1973  – Thirty passengers are killed in  an attack  by  Palestinian terrorists  on Rome's  Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport . 2009  –  MV  Danny F II  sinks off the coast of  Lebanon , resulting in the deaths of 44 people and over 28,000 animals. 2010  –  Mohamed Bouazizi   sets himself on fire . This act became the catalyst for the  Tunisian Revolution  and the wider  Arab Spring . Bir...

December 16 Events 1782  –  British East India Company :  Muharram Rebellion : Hada and Mada Miah lead the first anti-British uprising in  the subcontinent  against  Robert Lindsay  and his contingents in  Sylhet Shahi Eidgah . [2] 1912  –  First Balkan War : The  Royal Hellenic Navy  defeats the  Ottoman Navy  at the  Battle of Elli . 1968  –  Second Vatican Council : Official revocation of the  Edict of Expulsion of Jews from Spain . [5] 1971  –  Bangladesh Liberation War  and  Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 : The ceasefire of the  Pakistan Army  brings an end to both conflicts. This is commemorated annually as  Victory Day  in Bangladesh, and as  Vijay Diwas  in India. 1971 – The United Kingdom recognizes  Bahrain 's independence, which is commemorated annually as Bahrain's  National Day . 1979  – Libya joins four other OPEC nations in...