What is December 15?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === *[[533]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Ticameron]] begins. *[[687]] &ndash; [[Pope Sergius I|St. Sergius I]] becomes [[Pope]]. *[[1161]] &ndash; [[China]]: [[Military]] officers conspire against [[Emperor Hailingwang of Jin]], of the [[Jin Dynasty]], and kill him in a [[military]] [[coup]] near the [[Yangtze River]] front. *[[1167]] &ndash; [[Sicily|Sicilian]] [[Chancellor]] [[Stephen du Perche]] moves the royal court to [[Messina]] to prevent rebellion. *[[1256]] &ndash; [[Hulagu Khan]] captures and destroys the [[Hashshashin]] stronghold at [[Alamut]] in present–day [[Iran]]. *[[1467]] &ndash; [[Stephen III of Moldavia]] defeats [[Matthias Corvinus]] of [[Hungary]], with the latter being injured, at the [[Battle of Baia]]. *[[1640]] &ndash; [[John IV of Portugal]] becomes [[King]]. *[[1778]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: [[United Kingdom|British]] and [[France|French]] fleets clash in the [[Battle of St. Lucia]]. *[[1791]] &ndash; The [[United States Bill of Rights]] is passed. *[[1864]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: [[Battle of Nashville]] – Union forces under [[George Thomas]] almost completely destroy the [[Army]] of [[Tennessee]] under [[John Hood]]. *[[1881]] &ndash; The El Habra [[dam]] in [[Algeria]] breaks, resulting in a [[flood]] that kills around 250 people. *[[1890]] &ndash; [[Native American]] chief [[Sitting Bull]] is shot dead by Reservation police. *[[1891]] &ndash; [[James Naismith]] introduces [[basketball]]. === 1901 &ndash; 2000 === *[[1905]] &ndash; The Pushkin House is founded in [[St. Petersburg]], [[Russia]], to preserve the cultural [[heritage]] of [[Alexander Pushkin]]. *[[1913]] &ndash; [[Nicaragua]] becomes a signatory to the [[Buenos Aires Convention]]. *[[1914]] &ndash; A [[gas]] explosion at the [[Mitsubishi]] Hojyo [[coal]] mine, [[Kyushu]], kills 687 people. *[[1914]] &ndash; [[World War I]]: The [[Battle of Łódź (1914)|Battle of Łódź]] ends; [[Russia]]ns retreat toward [[Moscow]]. *[[1914]] &ndash; [[World War I]]: The