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The following events took place on December 25. The list is arranged in chronological order.

Found 48 events. Showing 1 - 30.

• 333

  Roman Emperor Constantine the Great elevates his youngest son Constans to the rank of Caesar.
• 336

  First documentary sign of Christmas celebration in Rome.
• 350

  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.
• 496

  Clovis I, king of the Franks, is baptized into the Catholic faith at Reims, by Saint Remigius.
• 597

  Augustine of Canterbury and his fellow-labourers baptise in Kent more than 10,000 Anglo-Saxons.
• 800

  The Coronation of Charlemagne as Holy Roman Emperor, in Rome.
• 1000

  The foundation of the Kingdom of Hungary: Hungary is established as a Christian kingdom by Stephen I of Hungary.
• 1025

  Coronation of Mieszko II Lambert as king of Poland.
• 1066

  William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy is crowned king of England, at Westminster Abbey, London.
• 1076

  Coronation of Bolesław II the Generous as king of Poland.
• 1100

  Baldwin of Boulogne is crowned the first King of Jerusalem in the Church of the Nativity.
• 1130

  Count Roger II of Sicily is crowned the first king of Sicily.
• 1261

  John IV Laskaris of the restored Eastern Roman Empire is deposed and blinded by orders of his co-ruler Michael VIII Palaiologos.
• 1492

  Carrack Santa María captained by Christopher Columbus runs onto reefs off Haiti due to a proper watch not being kept. Local natives help to save food, armory and ammunition but not the ship.
• 1553

  Battle of Tucapel: Mapuche rebels under Lautaro defeat the Spanish conquistadors and executes the governor of Chile, Pedro de Valdivia.
• 1559

  Pope Pius IV is elected.
• 1643

  Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean found and named by Captain William Mynors of the English East India Company vessel, the Royal Mary.
• 1776

  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.
• 1809

  Dr. Ephraim McDowell performs the first ovariotomy, removing a 22-pound tumor.
• 1814

  Rev. Samuel Marsden holds the first Christian service on land in New Zealand at Rangihoua Bay.
• 1815

  The Handel and Haydn Society, oldest continually performing arts organization in the United States, gives its first performance.
• 1826

  The Eggnog Riot at the United States Military Academy concludes after beginning the previous evening.
• 1837

  Second Seminole War: American general Zachary Taylor leads 1100 troops against the Seminoles at the Battle of Lake Okeechobee.
• 1868

  United States President Andrew Johnson grants unconditional pardon to all Civil War Confederate soldiers.
• 1914

  A series of unofficial truces occur across the Western Front to celebrate Christmas.
• 1926

  Emperor Taishō of Japan dies. His son, Prince Hirohito, succeeds him as Emperor Shōwa.
• 1927

  The Vietnamese Nationalist Party is founded.
• 1932

  A magnitude 7.6 earthquake in Gansu, China kills 275 people.
• 1941

  Admiral Chester W. Nimitz arrives at Pearl Harbor to assume command of the U.S. Pacific Fleet
• 1941

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

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