Looking Back in Time, for events on Christmas Day
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This document lists various notable events that occurred on Christmas Day throughout history, including: Charlemagne being crowned Emperor of the Romans by the Pope in 800; William the Conqueror being crowned King of England in 1066; Isaac Newton, Pope Pius VI, and Clara Barton all being born on Christmas Day; Edmund Halley's prediction of Halley's Comet being confirmed in 1758; and General George Washington crossing the Delaware River on Christmas night in 1776. More recent events mentioned are the internet's first test run on Christmas Day 1990; Mikhail Gorbachev resigning as Soviet President in 1991; and the USSR invading Afghanistan in 1979.
Looking Back in Time, for events on Christmas Day
- 2. In 800, Charlemagne helped restore Pope Leo III to power after a rebellion had forced him from Rome. In gratitude, the pope crowned Charlemagne Emperor of the Romans at a Christmas Day Mass.
- 3. In 1066, William the Conqueror was crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey on Christmas Day, fulfilling the Norman Conquest of England.
- 4. On Christmas Day of 1492, off the coast of Hispaniola, Christopher Columbus' ship the Santa Maria ran aground and was used as target practice in order to impress the native peoples before sinking into the ocean.
- 5. Isaac Newton Was Born on Christmas Day. 1642
- 6. Pope Pius VI,(Count Giovanni Angelo Braschi) was born on Christmas Day 1717.
- 7. On Christmas Day, 1758, Edmund Halley's prediction of the return of the comet know known as Halley's Comet was confirmed.
- 8. General George Washington crossed the Delaware River during the evening of December 25th, 1776.
- 9. The Song ‘Silent Night’ ‘Stille Nacht! Heilige Nacht’ in German, is first performed in public, in the Austrian village of Oberndorf in 1818 at a Midnight Mass in the church of Saint Nicholas.
- 10. Clara Barton, Oxford Mass, nurse and founder of American Red Cross, born 1821, December 25
- 11. Humphrey DeForest Bogart, American actor was born on December 25, 1899
- 12. In 1914 World War I the soldiers hold Christmas Truce. British and German regiments along the Western Front reached spontaneous ceasefires on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day to celebrate the holiday together.
- 13. Anwar el-Sadat, Egyptian President, born in 1918 , December 25. In 1978 he won Nobel Peace Prize, making Sadat the first Muslim Nobel laureate.
- 14. In 1926 Hirohito Becomes Emperor of Japan
- 15. On Christmas Day, 1941, Japan announced the surrender of the British and Canadian garrison protecting the port of Hong Kong.
- 16. Apollo 8 Reaches the Moon’s Orbit, 1968
- 17. Charlie Chaplin Passes Away. 1977
- 18. Paula Seling is a Romanian singer born on December 25, 1978
- 19. USSR Invades Afghanistan in 1979
- 20. In 1989 in Romania Nicolae and Elena Ceausescu were executed
- 21. The internet actually got its first test run in 1990, on Christmas Day. It was a special moment, indeed, when info.cern.ch, the planet’s first web server, was up and running.
- 22. Mikhail Gorbachev Resigns as Soviet President, 1991