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- 1478
- The Duchy of Pomerania is reunified.
- 1720
- In the Colony of Virginia, Brunswick County is separated from Prince George County.
- 1847
- The Duchy of Parma and Piacenza is restored to Bourbon rule.
- 1866
- Club Lusitano opens in Hong Kong.
- 1920
- Australia takes control of German New Guinea.
- 1963
- Jesús María is established as a district of Lima.
- 1964
- Campbell River is established in British Columbia.
- 1977
- The first section of the Jungbu Naeryuk Expressway opens between Daegu and Masan in South Korea.
- 2007
- 0 + 0 = 8 by Fredrik Wretman is unveiled in Halmstad, Sweden.
- 2014
- Terminal 1 opens at Hurghada International Airport in Hurghada, Egypt.
- 2023
- The Mangeruca Palace is imploded in Torre Melissa, Calabria, Italy.
This is a selection of establishments and disestablishments on December 17, based on OpenHistoricalMap data, that automatically appears on the OpenHistoricalMap page on December 17 of each year. This list highlights important changes in the world, as well as more mundane events that demonstrate the project's ambitious tendency toward micromapping history.
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