December 2 in History
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on 2 December 1852
All Events on 2 December
1975
Pathet Lao capture Vientiane, winning Laotian Civil War
ends
1972
Australian & NZ forces involved in Vietnam War
1956
Castro arrives in Cuba on Granma
1922
Iraq-Kuwait-Nejd borders defined
1899
Samoa partitioned between Germany and US
ends
1899
Civil war in Samoa leads to its partition
1899
Britain and Germany partition West African neutral zone
1852
Second French Empire proclaimed, with Louis-Napoleon as Emperor Napoleon III
1851
Louis-Napoleon stages coup d’état in France
starts
1850
US-Mexican talks on Mesilla dispute
1848
Ferdinand I of Austria abdicates; Franz Joseph I begins reign
ends
1842
Tabasco in revolt against Mexico
ends
1813
Allies reestablish Dutch independence
ends
1520
Smallpox kills millions in Aztec Empire*
456
Visigoths execute Rechiar near Portus Cale*
227
Sabaeans subjugate Kinda*
starts
198
Romans expand fortified lines in Mauretania and Numidia*
64
Rome annexes Pontus to Cappadocia*
*Actual date uncertain; set to 2 December for purposes of Omniatlas
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