On This Day in History December 26, 2020

Historical Events 1492  1st Spanish settlement La Navidad in the New World is founded by Christopher Columbus (modern Môle-Saint-Nicolas in Haiti) 1792  Trial of French King Louis XVI, court hears the kings defense brought by Raymond Desèze 1825  Decembrist uprising in Russia against Tsar Nicholas I begins [O.S. 14 December] 2004  9.3 magnitude earthquake creates a tsunami causing devastation in Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, the Maldives and edges of the Indian Ocean, killing 230,000 people More Historical Events Famous Birthdays Calico Jack (1682 - 1720) Charles Babbage (1791 - 1871) Mao Zedong (1893 - 1976) Steve Allen (1921 - 2000) More Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths Babur (1483 - 1530) Harry Truman (1884 - 1972) More Famous Deaths