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December 25 is the 359th day of the year (360th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 6 days remaining. It is the 300th day counting from March 1, every year.
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- 800 - Coronation of Charlemagne as Holy Roman Emperor, in Rome.
- 1024 - Boleslaw I Chrobry is crowned as the first king of Poland in history.
- 1066 - Coronation of William the Conqueror as king of England, at Westminster Abbey, London.
- 1223Events July 14 In France, Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his father. He is crowned king on August 6. Franciscan Rule approved by Pope Honorius III Births Deaths July 14 King Philip II of France Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti Giraldus Cambre - Saint Francis of AssisiSaint Francis of Assisi (born in Assisi, Italy, ca. 1182; died there on October 3, 1226) founded the Franciscan Order or "Friars Minor". He is the patron saint of animals and the environment. Boyhood and early manhood Born Giovanni Bernardone commonly kno assembles the first NativityThe database did not find the text of a page that it should have found, named "Nativity,oldid 7760594". If it is a recently changed page, trying again in a minute or two will usually work. Alternatively, you may have followed an outdated diff or history l scene.
- 1599Events Swedish King Sigismund III Vasa is replaced by his brother Charles IX of Sweden. First reported performance of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar in London. Births February 13 Pope Alexander VII (+ 1667) March 22 Anthony van Dyck, painter (+ 1641) April 2 - The city of Natal, BrazilNatal is a city located in Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 712. Geography Natal is located at 5° 46' South, 35° 12' West, in the far northeast of South America. The city has a total area of 170 km˛. is founded.
- 1776This article is about the year 1776. For the musical, see 1776 (musical Events January 10 Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense March 17 American Revolutionary War: British forces evacuate Boston, Massachusetts after George Washington places artillery overl - George WashingtonGeorge Washington ( February 22, 1732— December 14, 1799), also called Father of his Country 1 was an American general and Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War ( 1775 1783) and later the first President of the Unite and his army crosses the Delaware RiverThe Delaware River is a river on the Atlantic coast of the United States. It meets tide-water at Trenton, New Jersey. Its total length, from the head of the longest branch to the capes, is 410 miles (660 km), and above the head of the bay its length is 36.
- 1818 - The first performance of " Silent Night" (Church of St. Nikolaus in Oberndorf , Austria).
- 1837 - Battle of Okeechobee - United States forces defeat Seminole Indians.
- 1868 - US President Andrew Johnson grants unconditional pardon to all Civil War rebels.
- 1868 - Ezo Republic founded in Hokkaido by Shogunate rebels.
- 1914 - Just after midnight on Christmas morning, German troops cease firing their guns and artillery and start singing Christmas carols. Crossing the No man's land, they trade gifts with the enemy forces that face them. The truce lasts for three days.
- 1917 - Why Marry? , first dramatic play to win a Pulitzer Prize, opens at the Astor Theatre in New York City
- 1926 - Hirohito becomes Emperor of Japan, succeeding the Taisho Emperor.
- 1932 - A magnitude 7.6 earthquake in Gansu, China kills ~70,000 people
- 1939 - Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol was read on radio for the first time ( CBS radio)
- 1939 - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is introduced by Montgomery Ward stores
- 1941 - Hong Kong surrenders to the Japanese.
- 1947 - The Constitution of the Republic of China goes into effect.
- 1953 - A fire broke out in Shek Kip Mei, Hong Kong.
- 1973 - The ARPANET crashes when a programming bug causes all ARPANET traffic to be routed through the server at Harvard University, causing the server to freeze
- 1974 - Cyclone Tracy devastates Darwin, Australia
- 1977 - Prime Minister of Israel Menachem Begin meets in Egypt with President of Egypt Anwar Sadat
- 1989 - Nicolae Ceausescu, former communist dictator of Romania, is condemned to death under a wide range of charges by a kangaroo court and is executed.
- 1991 - Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as president of the Soviet Union (the union itself is dissolved the next day).
- 2002 - New Delhi Metro was introduced.
- 2004 - Cassini orbiter launches Huygens probe torwards Saturn's moon, Titan.
