Wednesday, December 25, 2019

On This Day in History

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