War · December 1, 1640

Portuguese Restoration War

Name: Portuguese Restoration War
Start: 1640-12-01
Location: Iberian Peninsula

385 years ago · Iberian Peninsula

385th anniversary

The Restoration War between Portugal and Spain began in 1641 and ended with the Treaty of Lisbon in 1668, bringing a formal end to the Iberian Union.

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1949–1993

Pablo Escobar

Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria ( ESK-ə-bar, Spanish:; 1 December 1949 – 2 December 1993) was a Colombian drug lord, narcoterrorist, and politician who was the founder and leader of the Medellín Cartel.

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1896–1974

Georgy Zhukov

Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov (1 December 1896 – 18 June 1974) was a Soviet military leader who served as a top commander during World War II and achieved the rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union.

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1792–1856

Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky

Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky (Russian: Никола́й Ива́нович Лобаче́вский, IPA:; 1 December 1792 – 24 February 1856) was a Russian mathematician and geometer, known primarily for his work on hyperbolic geometry, otherwise known as Lobachevskian geometry, and also for his fundamental study on Dirichlet integrals, known…

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1949–2024

Sebastián Piñera

Miguel Juan Sebastián Piñera Echenique (Spanish:; 1 December 1949 – 6 February 2024) was a Chilean businessman and politician who served as 34th and 36th president of Chile from 2010 to 2014 and from 2018 to 2022.

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1959

Antarctic Treaty System

The Antarctic Treaty and related agreements, collectively known as the Antarctic Treaty System (ATS), regulate international relations with respect to Antarctica, Earth's only continent without a native human population.

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1991

Ukrainian independence referendum

A referendum on the Act of Declaration of Independence was held in Ukraine on 1 December 1991. An overwhelming majority of 92% of voters approved the declaration of independence made by the Verkhovna Rada on 24 August 1991.

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2006

2006 Asian Games

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2019

2019 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

The 2019 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2019) was a Formula One motor race that was held on 1 December 2019 at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

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