Historical Events on December 1

81 significant historical events occurred on December 1. December 1 is associated with 27 historical events over different centuries and continents. Notable events on this date include the Taiping Rebellion in China during the Qing Dynasty in 1850, two transits of Venus across the Sun in 1874 and 1882, and a failed communist coup attempt in Estonia in 1924. This date also marks the start of the Khabarovsk War Crime Trials in 1949, which addressed Japanese war crimes from World War II.