What happened on 4 December?

7 events from the Ever-When timeline, ranked by how much they mattered.

1. 1563 Council of Trent ends Conventional end of Council of Trent.
2. 1845 Schumann's Piano Concerto in A minor Romantic piano concerto by Robert Schumann.
3. 1829 Abolition of sati in British India Lord William Bentinck outlaws the burning of widows.
4. 2019 Citizenship Amendment Act protests Religious citizenship reform sparks nationwide protests.
5. 1867 British expedition to Abyssinia To free the envoys and missionaries held by Tewodros II, Sir Robert Napier marches some 13,000 British and Indian troops, with elephants and a purpose-built railway, nearly 400 mil
6. 2001 Ether (Nas) Nas's withering reply to 'Takeover'.
7. 1865 Born: Edith Cavell British nurse in occupied Brussels who treated wounded of both sides and helped some 200 Allied soldiers escape to neutral Holland. Court-martialled and shot by the Germans, she be