Editing December 1 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1640]] &ndash; End of the [[Iberian Union]]: Portugal acclaims as King [[João IV of Portugal]], ending 59 years of [[personal union]] of the crowns of Portugal and Spain and the end of the rule of the [[Philippine Dynasty]].
*[[1662]] &ndash; Diarist [[John Evelyn]] records skating on the frozen lake in [[St James's Park]], London, watched by [[Charles II of England|Charles II]] and [[Catherine of Braganza|Queen Catherine]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Humphreys |first=Julian |title=Milestones |editor-last=Attar |editor-first=Rob |magazine=BBC History magazine |date=December 2012 |publisher=BBC |location=Northampton |pages=10–11}}</ref>
*[[1768]] &ndash; The former [[slave ship]] ''[[Fredensborg (slave ship)|Fredensborg]]'' sinks off [[Tromøya]] in Norway.
*[[1821]] &ndash; [[José Núñez de Cáceres]] wins the independence of the Dominican Republic from Spain and names the new territory the [[Republic of Spanish Haiti]].<ref>{{cite book |first1=Silvio |last1=Torres-Saillant |first2=Ramona |last2=Hernández |title=The Dominican Americans |location=Westport |publisher=Greenwood Press |year=1998 |page=11 |isbn=978-0-31329-839-4}}</ref>
*[[1822]] &ndash; [[Pedro I of Brazil|Pedro I]] is crowned [[Emperor of Brazil]].
*[[1824]] &ndash; [[1824 United States presidential election|United States presidential election]]: Since no candidate received a majority of the total [[Electoral College (United States)|electoral college]] votes in the election, the [[United States House of Representatives]] is given the task of deciding the winner in accordance with the [[Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution]].<ref>{{cite web |title=1824 Electoral College Results |url=https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/1824 |publisher=National Archives and Records Administration |website=archives.gov |date=5 November 2019 |access-date=November 30, 2024}}</ref>
*[[1828]] &ndash; Argentine general [[Juan Lavalle]] makes a coup against governor [[Manuel Dorrego]], beginning the [[Decembrist revolution (Argentina)|Decembrist revolution]].
*[[1834]] &ndash; Slavery is abolished in the [[Cape Colony]] in accordance with the [[Slavery Abolition Act 1833]].
*[[1862]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: In his second [[1862 State of the Union Address|State of the Union Address]], President [[Abraham Lincoln]] reaffirms the necessity of ending slavery as ordered ten weeks earlier in the [[Emancipation Proclamation]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Second Annual Message |url=https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/second-annual-message-9 |author=Lincoln, Abraham |publisher=The American Presidency Project |website=presidency.ucsb.edu |access-date=November 30, 2024}}</ref>
*[[1865]] &ndash; [[Shaw University]], the first [[historically black university]] in the southern United States, is founded in [[Raleigh, North Carolina]].
*[[1878]] &ndash; President [[Rutherford B. Hayes]] gets the first telephone installed in the [[White House]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=wwUvsDqrWj4C&dq=First+Telephone+Installed+in+the+White+House+by+President+Rutherford+B.+Hayes+december+1+1878&pg=PA214 First Whitehouse telephone is installed][http://books.rediff.com/book/ISBN 1430305010] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206091755/http://books.rediff.com/book/ISBN 1430305010 |date=2021-12-06 }}</ref>
*[[1900]] &ndash; Nicaragua sells canal rights to U.S. for $5 million. The canal agreement fails in March 1901. Great Britain rejects amended treaty<ref>{{cite book |first=Jacques |last=Legrand |title=Chronicle of the 20th Century |publisher=Ecam Publication |year=1987 |page=22 |isbn=0-942191-01-3}}</ref>