This Day in History
15 Dec 1124
Chancellor Haimeric selects pope (Lamberto becomes Honorius II)
15 Dec 1167
Sicilian chancellor Stephen du Perche moves the royal court to Messina to prevent a rebellion.
15 Dec 1256
Hulagu Khan captures and destroys Hashshashin stronghold at Alamut in present-day Iran part of the Mongol offensive on Islamic southwest Asia
15 Dec 1467
Stephen III of Moldavia defeats Matthias Corvinus of Hungary with the latter being injured thrice at the Battle of Baia
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