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On December 11, 220: Emperor Xian of Han is forced to abdicate the throne by Cao Cao's son Cao Pi, ending the Han dynasty.

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Emperor Xian of Han is forced to abdicate the throne by Cao Cao's son Cao Pi, ending the Han dynasty.

Emperor Xian of Han, personal name Liu Xie (劉協), courtesy name Bohe, was the 14th and last emperor of the Eastern Han dynasty of China. He reigned from 28 September 189 until his abdication and subsequent end of the dynasty on 11 December 220.

People

Born on December 11

Onyeka Okongwu 2000– American basketball player (born 2000)
Matthew Tkachuk 1997– American ice hockey player (born 1997)
Hailee Steinfeld 1996– American actress and singer (born 1996)
Abbi Grant 1995– Scottish footballer (born 1995)
Yalitza Aparicio 1993– Mexican actress (born 1993)
Tiffany Alvord 1992– American singer-songwriter and actress (born 1992)
Malcolm Brogdon 1992– American basketball player (born 1992)
Alexa Demie 1990– American actress
Kellie Harrington 1989– Irish boxer (born 1989)
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Tim Southee 1988– New Zealand cricketer (born 1988)
Violetta Bock 1987– German politician (born 1987)
Clifton Geathers 1987– American football player (born 1987)
Alex Russell 1987– Australian actor (born 1987)
Miranda Tapsell 1987– Australian actress (born 1987)
Roy Hibbert 1986– American basketball player (born 1986)
Karla Souza 1985– Mexican actress (born 1985)
Leighton Baines 1984– English footballer (born 1984)
Sandra Echeverría 1984– Mexican actress

People

Died on December 11

David Bonderman American billionaire businessman (1942–2024)
Khalil Haqqani Afghan politician (1966–2024)
Purushottam Upadhyay Indian musician, singer and composer (1934–2024)
Andre Braugher American actor (1962–2023)
Anne Rice American author (1941–2021)
James Flynn New Zealand intelligence researcher (1934–2020)
Keith Chegwin English TV presenter, actor & musician (1957–2017)
Abish Kekilbayev Kazakh politician and writer (1939–2015)
H. Arnold Steinberg Canadian businessman (1933–2015)
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Hema Upadhyay Indian visual artist (1972–2015)
John "Hot Rod" Williams American basketball player (1962–2015)
Ken Woolley Sydney based Australian architect
Hans Wallat German conductor
Nadir Afonso Portuguese geometric abstractionist painter (1920–2013)
Barbara Branden Canadian writer (1929–2013)
Javier Jáuregui (boxer) Mexican boxer (1973–2013)
Sheikh Mussa Shariefi Indian philosopher and scholar (born 1942)
Galina Vishnevskaya Russian soprano (1926–2012)

Timeline

Every December 11 on record

  1. 220 Emperor Xian of Han is forced to abdicate the throne by Cao Cao's son Cao Pi, ending the Han dynasty.

    Emperor of the Han dynasty from 189 to 220

    Emperor Xian of Han, personal name Liu Xie (劉協), courtesy name Bohe, was the 14th and last emperor of the Eastern Han dynasty of China. He reigned from 28 September 189 until his abdication and subsequent end of the dynasty on 11 December 220.

  2. 361 Julian enters Constantinople as sole Roman Emperor.

    Roman emperor from 361 to 363, Neoplatonic philosopher

    Julian was the Caesar of the West from 355 to 360 and Roman emperor from 361 to 363, as well as a notable philosopher and author in Greek. His rejection of Christianity, and his promotion of Neoplatonic Hellenism caused him to be remembered as Julian the Apostate in the Christian tradition.

  3. 861 Assassination of the Abbasid caliph al-Mutawakkil by the Turkish guard, who raise al-Muntasir to the throne, start of the "Anarchy at Samarra".

    Third Islamic caliphate

    The Abbasid Caliphate or Abbasid Empire was the third Islamic caliphate, ruled by the Abbasid dynasty. The dynasty was descended from Muhammad's uncle, Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib, after whom it is named. The Abbasids rose to power in 750, when the Abbasid Revolution overthrew the preceding Umayyad Caliphate, and they ruled as caliphs from their metropole in Iraq until 1258, with Baghdad as their capital for most of their history.

  4. 969 Byzantine Emperor Nikephoros II Phokas is assassinated by his wife Theophano and her lover, the later Emperor John I Tzimiskes.

    The foundation of Constantinople in 330 AD marks the conventional start of the Byzantine Empire, which fell to the Ottoman Empire in 1453 AD. Only the emperors who were recognized as legitimate rulers and exercised sovereign authority are included, to the exclusion of junior co-emperors who never attained the status of sole or senior ruler, as well as of the various usurpers or rebels who claimed the imperial title.

  5. 1041 Michael V, adoptive son of Empress Zoë of Byzantium, is proclaimed emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire.

    Byzantine emperor from 1041 to 1042

    Michael V Kalaphates was Byzantine emperor for four months in 1041–1042. He was the nephew and successor of Michael IV and the adoptive son of Michael IV's wife Empress Zoe. He was popularly called "the Caulker" (Kalaphates) in accordance with his father's original occupation.

  6. 1239 Treaty of Benavente: the heiresses of the Kingdom of León renounce their throne to King Ferdinand III of Castile
  7. 1282 Battle of Orewin Bridge: Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, the last native Prince of Wales, is killed at Cilmeri near Builth Wells in mid-Wales.
  8. 1317 The Nyköping Banquet (Swedish: Nyköpings gästabud) takes place as King Birger of Sweden celebrates Christmas at Nyköping Castle. Among the guests are his two brothers Duke Valdemar and Duke Eric, who later that night are imprisoned and eventually starved to death in the castle dungeon.
  9. 1602 A surprise attack by forces under the command of Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy, and his brother-in-law, Philip III of Spain, is repelled by the citizens of Geneva. (Commemorated annually by the Fête de l'Escalade.)
  10. 1640 The Root and Branch petition, signed by 15,000 Londoners calling for the abolition of the episcopacy, is presented to the Long Parliament.
  11. 1675 Antonio de Vea expedition enters San Rafael Lake in western Patagonia.
  12. 1688 Glorious Revolution: James II of England, while trying to flee to France, throws the Great Seal of the Realm into the River Thames.
  13. 1792 French Revolution: King Louis XVI of France is put on trial for treason by the National Convention.
  14. 1815 The U.S. Senate creates a select committee on finance and a uniform national currency, predecessor of the United States Senate Committee on Finance.
  15. 1816 Indiana becomes the 19th U.S. state.
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  1. 1862 American Civil War: The Battle of Fredericksburg begins as the Army of the Potomac under Union General Ambrose Burnside crosses the Rappahannock River to clash with the Army of Northern Virginia led by Confederate General Robert E. Lee in Fredericksburg, Virginia.
  2. 1868 Paraguayan War: Brazilian troops defeat the Paraguayan Army at the Battle of Avay.
  3. 1899 Second Boer War: In the Battle of Magersfontein the Boers commanded by general Piet Cronjé inflict a defeat on the forces of the British Empire commanded by Lord Methuen trying to relieve the Siege of Kimberley.
  4. 1901 Guglielmo Marconi transmits the first transatlantic radio signal from Poldhu, Cornwall, England to St. John's, Newfoundland.
  5. 1905 A workers' uprising occurs in Kyiv, Ukraine (then part of the Russian Empire), and establishes the Shuliavka Republic.
  6. 1907 The New Zealand Parliament Buildings are almost completely destroyed by fire.
  7. 1913 More than two years after it was stolen from the Louvre, Leonardo da Vinci's painting Mona Lisa is recovered in Florence, Italy. The thief, Vincenzo Peruggia, is immediately arrested.
  8. 1917 World War I: British General Edmund Allenby enters Jerusalem on foot and declares martial law.
  9. 1920 Irish War of Independence: In retaliation for a recent IRA ambush, British forces burn and loot numerous buildings in Cork city. Many civilians report being beaten, shot at, robbed and verbally abused by British forces.
  10. 1925 Roman Catholic papal encyclical Quas primas introduces the Feast of Christ the King.
  11. 1927 Guangzhou Uprising: Communist Red Guards launch an uprising in Guangzhou, China, taking over most of the city and announcing the formation of a Guangzhou Soviet.
  12. 1931 Statute of Westminster 1931: The British Parliament establishes legislative equality between the UK and the Dominions of the Commonwealth—Australia, Canada, Newfoundland, New Zealand, South Africa, and Ireland.
  13. 1934 Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, takes his last drink and enters treatment for the final time.
  14. 1936 Abdication Crisis: Edward VIII's abdication as King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, and Emperor of India, becomes effective.
  15. 1937 Second Italo-Ethiopian War: Italy leaves the League of Nations.

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