{"id":20194,"date":"2022-12-02T07:05:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-02T06:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/?p=193715"},"modified":"2022-12-02T07:42:08","modified_gmt":"2022-12-02T06:42:08","slug":"2-december-on-this-day-in-history","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/rss_feed\/2-december-on-this-day-in-history\/","title":{"rendered":"2 December: On this day in history"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Lauren Good\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Friday, 02 December 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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2 December 1560<\/h3>\n

Charles de Marillac, Archbishop of Vienne, died at Melun, near Paris. An accomplished diplomat, he had served as French ambassador at the court of Henry VIII<\/a> from 1538 to 1543. The dispatches Marillac sent back to his masters in France offer lively accounts of the king\u2019s first meeting with Anne of Cleves<\/a> and the downfall of Thomas Cromwell<\/a>. They also provide an assessment of Henry\u2019s character, which he describes as tainted by three \u201c\u201dplagues\u201d\u201d: insatiable covetousness, distrust and fear, and lightness and inconsistency.<\/p>\n

2 December 1697<\/h3>\n

The first service is held in Wren\u2019s new St Paul\u2019s Cathedral.<\/p>\n

2 December 1859<\/h3>\n

Militant abolitionist John Brown was publicly hanged in Charles Town, Virginia after being found guilty of murder, treason and inciting a slave insurrection following his raid on the federal arsenal at Harper\u2019s Ferry.<\/p>\n

2 December 1908<\/h3>\n

Two-year-old Pu Yi becomes the last Emperor of China. Pensioned off following the Chinese Revolution of 1911\u201312, he will be installed by the Japanese in 1932 as the puppet ruler of Manchuria.<\/p>\n

2 December 1932<\/h3>\n

Opening day of the first cricket Test between Australia and England at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Captained by Douglas Jardine, whose patrician attitude alienated elements of the Australian crowd, England won the match by 10 wickets. They went on to win the series by four Tests to one. However, their use of what the Australians considered intimidatory short-pitched bowling on the line of the body, soured relations between the two countries.<\/p>\n

2 December 1961<\/h3>\n

Cuban leader Fidel Castro declared in a televised address that he was a Marxist-Leninist and that his country was adopting communism.<\/p>\n

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