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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