Today:
336 CE – The first recorded celebration of Christmas takes place in Rome, marking one of the earliest Christian commemorations of the holiday.
800 – Charlemagne, King of the Franks, is crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Leo III in St. Peter’s Basilica, Rome.
1066 – William the Conqueror is crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey, marking the beginning of Norman rule in England.
1223 – St. Francis of Assisi assembles the first known Nativity scene in Greccio, Italy, using live animals and people to depict the birth of Jesus.
1492 – Christopher Columbus’s ship, the Santa María, runs aground off the coast of Hispaniola, leading to the establishment of a settlement called La Navidad.
1776 – General George Washington and his Continental Army cross the Delaware River, preparing for a surprise attack on Hessian forces in Trenton, New Jersey, during the American Revolutionary War.
1818 – The Christmas carol “Silent Night” is performed for the first time at St. Nicholas Church in Oberndorf, Austria.
1868 – President Andrew Johnson grants unconditional amnesty to all former Confederate soldiers, marking a significant step in post-Civil War reconciliation.
1914 – A famous World War I Christmas truce occurs along the Western Front, where German and Allied soldiers exchange greetings, sing carols, and play soccer in no-man’s-land.
1991 – Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as President of the Soviet Union, and the USSR is officially dissolved, ending the Cold War era.
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