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The Treaty of New Echota is Signed

29th December 1835

On this day the Treaty of New Echota was signed between the US government and representatives of the Cherokee Indians to cede all their lands east of the Mississippi River to the United States. It was President Andrew Jackson’s policy of removing Native Americans from their ancestral lands to make way for settlers and gold speculators that led to the infamous ‘Trail of Tears’ in the 1830s. The Cherokees initially resisted the policy, winning a law case in the US Supreme Court. However President Jackson refused to acknowledge the judgement and 20,000 were eventually marched west at gunpoint. A quarter of them died on the journey.

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The Birth of Westminster Abbey

28th December 1065

On this day a new church devoted to St Peter the Apostle was consecrated in London. Built on the site of an older Benedictine monastery, the building was ordered by King Edward the Confessor [1003-1066] who wanted it as a royal burial church. Edward died on 5th January 1066, just one week after the consecration, and was buried there according to his wishes. During the 13th and 14th century, the church was completely rebuilt and became known as Westminster Abbey. Since William the Conqueror in 1066, it has been the coronation site for all English monarchs.

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Sweyn Forkbeard is Declared King of England

25th December 1013

On this day the Viking warrior, Sweyn Forkbeard, was declared King of England by the English nobles. Having deposed his father Harald in 986, Sweyn led a campaign of fear and destruction in England. Ethelred the Unready, King of England at the time, paid Sweyn to return to Denmark, a tax known as ‘Danegeld’. The plan failed and Ethelred ordered a general massacre of all Danes in England: a massacre in which Sweyn’s sister Gunhilde was also killed. Sweyn swore revenge and started to lay waste to the entire country. Fearful for their lives, the English nobles reluctantly declared Sweyn King of England on Christmas Day 1013, while Ethelred fled into exile. Sweyn died on 3rd February 1014 having reigned for only five weeks.

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