What is December 1?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === * [[800]] &ndash; [[Charlemagne]] judges the accusations against [[Pope Leo III]] in the [[Apostolic Palace|Vatican]]. * [[1420]] &ndash; [[Henry V of England]] enters [[Paris]]. * [[1640]] &ndash; [[Portugal]] regains its independence from [[Spain]]. * [[1821]] &ndash; The first constitution of [[Costa Rica]] is issued. * [[1822]] &ndash; Emperor [[Pedro I of Brazil]] is crowned. * [[1824]] &ndash; The [[United States House of Representatives]] is given the task to decide the winner of the [[US]] Presidential Election after no candidate got an overall majority of Electoral College votes. * [[1828]] &ndash; Argentine [[General officer|general]] [[Juan Lavalle]] carries out a [[coup]] against Governor [[Manuel Dorrego]], beginning the Decembrist [[revolution]]. * [[1835]] &ndash; [[Hans Christian Andersen]] publishes his first book of [[fairy tale]]s. * [[1864]] &ndash; Great [[Fire]] of [[Brisbane]]. * [[1865]] &ndash; [[Shaw University]], the first historically black [[university]] in the [[Southern United States]], is founded in [[North Carolina]]. * [[1885]] &ndash; The fizzy drink [[Dr Pepper]] is first served at a drug store in Waco, [[Texas]]. === 1901 &ndash; 1950 === * [[1913]] &ndash; [[Ford Motor Company]] introduces the first moving [[assembly line]]. * [[1913]] &ndash; [[Crete]] is annexed by [[Greece]]. * [[1913]] &ndash; The [[Buenos Aires]] [[Metro]] opens to the public. * [[1918]] &ndash; [[Iceland]] becomes a sovereign state, yet remains a part of the [[Denmark|Danish]] kingdom. * [[1918]] &ndash; The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later known as the [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia]]) is proclaimed. * [[1918]] &ndash; [[Transylvania]] unites with the [[Kingdom]] of [[Romania]]. * [[1919]] &ndash; [[Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor]] officially takes her seat in the [[House of Commons]] as the [[UK]]'s first female Member of [[Parliament]]. * [[1923]] &ndash; The [[dam]] of the Gleno Reservoir near [[Bergamo]], [[Italy]], bursts, killing around