What are the important events that happened on December 1? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

December 1: Facts & Myths About This Day

December 1 is the 335^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 30 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is November 18, 2025 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 1,764,547,200 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectatriacontapentagon’ day.

Sagittarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Turquoise is the modern birthstone for this month. Onyx is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 78 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,728 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

December 1 Historical Events

• 1640 –
  End of the Iberian Union: Portugal acclaims as King João IV of Portugal, ending 60 years of personal union of the crowns of Portugal and Spain and the end of the rule of the House of Habsburg (also called the Philippine Dynasty).
• 1822 –
  Peter I is crowned Emperor of Brazil.
• 1865 –
  Shaw University, the first historically black university in the southern United States, is founded in Raleigh, North Carolina.
• 1918 –
  The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later known as the Kingdom of Yugoslavia) is proclaimed.
• 1958 –
  The Central African Republic becomes independent from France.
• 1960 –
  Paul McCartney and Pete Best are arrested then deported from Hamburg, Germany, after accusations of attempted arson.
• 1966 –
  The first Gävle goat, an annual Swedish Yule Goat tradition, is first erected in Gävle.
• 1973 –
  Papua New Guinea gains self government from Australia.
• 1976 –
  Angola joins the United Nations.
• 2001 –
  Captain Bill Compton brings Trans World Airlines Flight 220, an MD-83, into St. Louis International Airport bringing to an end 76 years of TWA operations following TWA’s purchase by American Airlines.

Who were born on December 1?

• 1844 –
  Alexandra of Denmark, Danish Queen Consort of Edward VII of the United Kingdom (d. 1925)
• 1896 –
  Georgy Zhukov, Russian general & Marshal of the Soviet Union (d. 1974)
• 1926 –
  Colin Tennant, 3rd Baron Glenconner, Scottish noble (d. 2010)
• 1933 –
  Lou Rawls, American singer (d. 2006)
• 1951 –
  Jaco Pastorius, American bassist (Weather Report)( d. 1987)
• 1955 –
  Pat Spillane, Gaelic footballer
• 1977 –
  Brad Delson, American guitarist (Linkin Park)
• 1977 –
  Lee McKenzie, Scottish television presenter
• 1979 –
  Angelique Bates, American actress
• 1990 –
  Tomáš Tatar, Slovak ice hockey player

Who died on December 1?

• 1377 –
  King Magnus II of Sweden (b. 1316)
• 1530 –
  Margaret of Austria, Regent of the Netherlands (b. 1480)
• 1729 –
  Giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer (b. 1665)
• 1755 –
  Maurice Greene, English composer (b. 1696)
• 1954 –
  Fred Rose, American songwriter and music publishing executive (b. 1897)
• 1984 –
  Roelof Frankot, Dutch painter (b. 1911)
• 1996 –
  Peter Bronfman, Canadian businessman (b. 1928)
• 1997 –
  Stéphane Grappelli, French jazz violinist (b. 1908)
• 2008 –
  Joseph B. Wirthlin, American religious figure (b. 1917)
• 2008 –
  Paul Benedict, American actor (b. 1938)