Wednesday, December 25, 2019

On This Day in History

December 25, 2019

Historical Events

1  1st Christmas, according to calendar-maker Dionysus Exiguus
800  Pope Leo III crowns Charles the Great (Charlemagne), Roman Emperor
1066  William the Conqueror is crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey, completing the Norman conquest of England
1741  Astronomer Anders Celsius introduces Centigrade temperature scale
1868  Despite bitter opposition, US President Andrew Johnson grants unconditional pardon to all persons involved in Southern rebellion (Civil War)
1991  Mikhail Gorbachev formally resigns as President of USSR in a televised speech
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