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What Happened in December 1524

Historical Events

Jewish Community in Rome

Dec 12 Pope Clement VII approves Organization of Jewish Community of Rome

Famous Deaths

  • Dec 10 Henry van Zutphen, Dutch Augustine/Luthern minister, burned to death
  • Dec 11 Henry Van Zutphen, Dutch protestant martyr, burned at stake
  • Dec 20 Thomas Linacre, English scholar and physician

Vasco da Gama (c. 1460s-1524)

Dec 24 Portuguese explorer and viceroy of Cochin, dies at about 55