In 1894 and 1895 he filed patents and addenda in various countries for his Diesel engine ; the first patents were issued in Spain ( No. 16, 654 ), France ( No. 243, 531 ) and Belgium ( No. 113, 139 ) in December 1894, and in Germany ( No. 86, 633 ) in 1895 and the United States ( No. 608, 845 ) in 1898.

They gave their first show of projected pictures to an audience in Paris in December 1895.

The next clash came at Amba Alagi on 7 December 1895, when Ethiopian soldiers overran the Italian positions dug in on that natural fortress, and forced the Italians to retreat back to Eritrea.

Louis Pasteur (, ; December 27, 1822 – September 28, 1895 ) was a French chemist and microbiologist who was one of the most important founders of medical microbiology.

To force capitulation, the French bombarded and occupied the harbor of Toamasina on the east coast, and Mahajanga on the west coast, in December 1894 and January 1895 respectively.

Showings of silent films almost always featured live music, starting with the pianist at the first public projection of movies by the Lumière Brothers on December 28, 1895 in Paris.

Thomas Brackett Reed, ( October 18, 1839 – December 7, 1902 ), occasionally ridiculed as Czar Reed, was a U. S. Representative from Maine, and Speaker of the U. S. House of Representatives from 1889 – 1891 and from 1895 – 1899.

* Political cartoon, NY Times / Harper's Weekly, December 21, 1895 Our American Czar and His Do-Nothing Policy

* December 19 – Richard Maybery, British World War I fighter ace ( b. 1895 )

* December 18 – Irving Caesar, American lyricist ( b. 1895 )

* December 29 – Sibyl Morrison, first female barrister in New South Wales, Australia ( b. 1895 )

* December 14 – George Gipp, American football player ( b. 1895 )

* December 30 – Christian Herter, United States Secretary of State ( b. 1895 )

* December 7 – Kirsten Flagstad, Norwegian soprano ( b. 1895 )

* December 3 – Emile Christian, American musician ( b. 1895 )

* December 27 – Louis Pasteur, French microbiologist and chemist ( d. 1895 )

Allen Granberry Thurman ( November 13, 1813 – December 12, 1895 ) was a Democratic Representative, Ohio Supreme Court justice, and Senator from Ohio, as well as the nominee of the Democratic Party for Vice President of the United States in 1888.

The Jameson Raid started from Pitsani Pothlugo ( or Potlogo ) north of Mafeking on December 29, 1895.

George VI ( Albert Frederick Arthur George ; 14 December 1895 – 6 February 1952 ) was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death.

His birthday ( 14 December 1895 ) was the anniversary of the death of his great-grandfather, Prince Albert, the Prince Consort.

* 14 December 1895 – 28 May 1898: His Highness Prince Albert of York

It was shown to an audience in Paris on 28 December 1895, causing a sensation.

Wallace Kirkman Harrison ( September 28, 1895 – December 2, 1981 ), was an American architect.

The London Universe devoted its centenary issue last December 8 to mapping out various aspects of Catholic progress during the last one hundred years.

By December 1790 Phillip was ready to return to England, but the colony had largely been forgotten in London and no instructions reached him, so he carried on.

He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order for gallant leadership: the citation for this award, published in the London Gazette in December 1914 reads:

Monet and Camille Doncieux had married just before the war ( 28 June 1870 ) and, after their excursion to London and Zaandam, they had moved to Argenteuil, in December 1871.

The Queen Victoria | Queen's Christmas tree at Windsor Castle published in the Illustrated London News, 1848, and republished in Godey's Lady's Book, Philadelphia in December 1850.

In December 1944 he recorded Quite Early One Morning produced by Aneirin Talfan Davies again for the Welsh BBC but when Davies offered it for national broadcast it was turned down by BBC London .. On 31 August 1945 Quite Early One Morning was broadcast on the BBC Home Service, and in the three years beginning October 1945, Thomas made over a hundred broadcasts for the corporation.

) is a television series produced originally by Rediffusion, London, then, by the fledgling Thames Television for British commercial television channel ITV from 26 December 1967 to 14 May 1969.

Following the December 2009 opening of HSL Zuid, a London – Amsterdam journey is estimated to take 4hrs 16mins.

In December 1588 Oxford had secretly sold his London mansion of Fisher's Folly to Sir William Cornwallis ; by January 1591 the author Thomas Churchyard was dealing with rent owing for rooms he had taken in a house on behalf of his patron.

His play, Money ( 1840 ), was first produced at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London, on 8 December 1840.

Following a defeat of his forces at the Battle of Reading on 9 December, James and his wife fled the nation ; James, however, returned to London for a two-week period that culminated in his final departure for France on 23 December.

Lord Aberdeen died at Argyll House, St. James's, London, on 14 December 1860, and was buried in the family vault at Stanmore. In 1994 novelist, columnist and politician Ferdinand Mount used George Gordon's life as the basis for a historical novel – Umbrella.

" They held a private memorial service in St Bartholomew's Hospital in London on the evening of 6 December 1989, with a chorus of the Chinese version of the hymn " Jerusalem " ("… Bling me my speal, oh crowds unford, bling me my chaliot of file …").

The Mk I Colossus was built between March and December 1943 by Tommy Flowers and his colleagues at the Post Office Research Station at Dollis Hill in London and then shipped to Bletchley Park in January 1944.

In a December 2006 Newsweek International article, a study by Global Insight in London was reported to show " that Civil war or not, Iraq has an economy, and — mother of all surprises — it's doing remarkably well.

The painting Saint John the Evangelist by Domenico Zampieri was auctioned in London in December 2009, for an estimated US $ 16. 5 million.

Together with John Pilger and Jemima Khan, Ken Loach was among the six people in court willing to offer surety for Julian Assange when he was arrested in London on 7 December 2010.

On 15 December 1969, Moon joined John Lennon's Plastic Ono Band for a live performance at the Lyceum Ballroom ( now the Lyceum Theatre in London for a UNICEF charity concert.

On 10 December 2007 Led Zeppelin reunited for the one-off Ahmet Ertegün Tribute Concert at The O2 Arena in London, with Jason Bonham taking his late father's place on drums.

The London Passenger Transport Board ( LPTB ) was the transport authority from 1 July 1933 to 31 December 1947.

The London Transport Executive ( LTE ) was the transport authority from 1 January 1948 to 31 December 1962.

The London Transport Board was the transport authority from 1 January 1963 to 31 December 1969 It reported directly to the Minister of Transport, ending its direct association with the management of British Railways.

After being sent on a lengthy tour of Europe starting 1927 – including London, Paris and towns in Germany – during which he demonstrated his invention to full audiences, Theremin found his way to the United States, arriving on 30 December 1927 with his first wife Katia.

In December 2006, Lewinsky graduated with a master's degree in social psychology from the London School of Economics where she had been studying since September 2005.