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History Events on December 25

By  Melonie Moore  25 Dec   108 Views

History Events on December 25

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The Great Jamaican Slave Revolt begins; up to 20% of the island's slaves mobilize in an ultimately unsuccessful fight for freedom.

#Baptist_War

In 1831

Second Seminole War: American general Zachary Taylor leads 1100 troops against the Seminoles at the Battle of Lake Okeechobee.

#Second_Seminole_War

In 1837

An Antonov An-72 plane crashes close to the city of Shymkent, killing 27 people.

#Antonov_An-72

In 2012

Rev. Samuel Marsden holds the first Christian service on land in New Zealand at Rangihoua Bay.

#Samuel_Marsden

In 1814

First documentary sign of Christmas celebration in Rome.

#Christmas

In 336

Count Roger II of Sicily is crowned the first king of Sicily.

#Roger_II_of_Sicily

In 1130

Coronation of Boles?aw II the Generous as king of Poland.

#Boles?aw_II_the_Generous

In 1076

Eleven-year-old John IV Laskaris of the restored Eastern Roman Empire is deposed and blinded by orders of his co-ruler Michael VIII Palaiologos.

#John_IV_Laskaris

In 1261

Turkish Cypriot Bayrak Radio begins transmitting in Cyprus after Turkish Cypriots are forcibly excluded from Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation.

#Bayrak

In 1963

The Handel and Haydn Society, oldest continually performing arts organization in the United States, gives its first performance.

#Handel_and_Haydn_Society

In 1815

George Washington and the Continental Army cross the Delaware River at night to attack Hessian forces serving Great Britain at Trenton, New Jersey, the next day.

#George_Washington

In 1776

Battle of Tucapel: Mapuche rebels under Lautaro defeat the Spanish conquistadors and executes the governor of Chile, Pedro de Valdivia.

#Battle_of_Tucapel

In 1553

The ill-fated Beagle 2 probe, released from the Mars Express spacecraft on December 19, stops transmitting shortly before its scheduled landing.

#Beagle_2

In 2003

Clovis I, king of the Franks, is baptized into the Catholic faith at Reims, by Saint Remigius.

#Clovis_I

In 508

A series of unofficial truces occur across the Western Front to celebrate Christmas.

#Christmas_truce

In 1914

Kilvenmani massacre: Forty-four Dalits (untouchables) are burnt to death in Kizhavenmani village, Tamil Nadu, a retaliation for a campaign for higher wages by Dalit laborers.

#Kilvenmani_massacre

In 1968

Pope Pius IV is elected.

#Pope_Pius_IV

In 1559

The Stone of Scone, traditional coronation stone of British monarchs, is taken from Westminster Abbey by Scottish nationalist students. It later turns up in Scotland on April 11, 1951.

#Stone_of_Scone

In 1950

Coronation of Mieszko II Lambert as king of Poland.

#Mieszko_II_Lambert

In 1025

The foundation of the Kingdom of Hungary: Hungary is established as a Christian kingdom by Stephen I of Hungary.

#Kingdom_of_Hungary

In 1000

A bomb explodes at the home of Harry T. Moore and Harriette V. S. Moore, early leaders of the Civil Rights Movement, killing Harry instantly and fatally wounding Harriette.

#Murder_of_Harry_and_Harriette_Moore

In 1951

World War II: Battle of Hong Kong ends, beginning the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong.

#World_War_II

In 1941

UTAGE Flight 141, a Boeing 727-223, crashes at the Cotonou Airport in Benin, killing 151 people.

#UTAGE_Flight_141

In 2003

Sweyn Forkbeard takes control of the Danelaw and is proclaimed king of England.

#Sweyn_Forkbeard

In 1013

Augustine of Canterbury and his fellow-labourers baptise in Kent more than 10,000 Anglo-Saxons.

#Augustine_of_Canterbury

In 597

Baldwin of Boulogne is crowned the first King of Jerusalem in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem.

#Baldwin_I_of_Jerusalem

In 1100

The first European self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction is initiated within the Soviet Union's F-1 nuclear reactor.

#Nuclear_chain_reaction

In 1946

Vetranio meets Constantius II at Naissus (Serbia) and is forced to abdicate his title (Caesar). Constantius allows him to live as a private citizen on a state pension.

#Vetranio

In 350

Dr. Ephraim McDowell performs the first ovariotomy, removing a 22-pound tumor.

#Ephraim_McDowell

In 1809

Admiral Chester W. Nimitz arrives at Pearl Harbor to assume command of the U.S. Pacific Fleet

#Chester_W._Nimitz

In 1941

The carrack Santa María, commanded by Christopher Columbus, runs onto a reef off Haiti due to an improper watch.

#Carrack

In 1492

The Soviet Union conducts its final above-ground nuclear weapon test, in anticipation of the 1963 Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.

#Soviet_Union

In 1962

A magnitude 7.6 earthquake in Gansu, China kills 275 people.

#1932_Changma_earthquake

In 1932

Halley's Comet is sighted by Johann Georg Palitzsch, confirming Edmund Halley's prediction of its passage. This was the first passage of a comet predicted ahead of time.

#Halley's_Comet

In 1758

Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as President of the Soviet Union (the union itself is dissolved the next day). Ukraine's referendum is finalized and Ukraine officially leaves the Soviet Union.

#Mikhail_Gorbachev

In 1991

Apollo program: Apollo 8 performs the very first successful Trans-Earth injection (TEI) maneuver, sending the crew and spacecraft on a trajectory back to Earth from Lunar orbit.

#Apollo_program

In 1968

The Coronation of Charlemagne as Holy Roman Emperor, in Rome.

#The_Coronation_of_Charlemagne

In 800

Roman Emperor Constantine the Great elevates his youngest son Constans to the rank of Caesar.

#Constantine_the_Great

In 333

Admiral Émile Muselier seizes the archipelago of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, which become the first part of France to be liberated by the Free French Forces.

#Émile_Muselier

In 1941

Romanian Revolution: Deposed President of Romania Nicolae Ceau?escu and his wife, Elena, are condemned to death and executed after a summary trial.

#Romanian_Revolution

In 1989

The Cassini orbiter releases Huygens probe which successfully landed on Saturn's moon Titan on January 14, 2005.

#Huygens_(spacecraft)

In 2004

Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin meets in Egypt with its president Anwar Sadat.

#Menachem_Begin

In 1977

A Russian Defence Ministry Tupolev Tu-154 carrying members of the Alexandrov Ensemble crashes into the Black Sea shortly after takeoff, killing all 92 people on board.

#Tupolev_Tu-154

In 2016

Pardons for ex-Confederates: United States President Andrew Johnson grants an unconditional pardon to all Confederate veterans.

In 1868

The Eggnog Riot at the United States Military Academy concludes after beginning the previous evening.

In 1826

William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy is crowned king of England, at Westminster Abbey, London.

In 1066

A temple for Sol Invictus is dedicated in Rome by Emperor Aurelian.

In 274

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