Historical Events In December - 25
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1745 On December - 25 treaty of Dresden gives much of Silesia to the Prussians
1745 On December - 25 prussia/Austria signs Treaty of Dresden
1750 John "Christmas" Beckwith, composer on this day in history.
1757 Benjamin Pierce, U.S. politician (d 1839) on this day in history.
1758 On December - 25 halley's comet first sighted by Johann Georg Palitzsch during return
1758 On December - 25 halley's comet 1st sighted by Johann Georg Palitzsch during return
1760 Juptier Hammon, New York slave, publishes poetry in "An Evening Thought" on this day in history.
1760 On December - 25 juptier Hammon, NY slave, publishes poetry in "An Evening Throught"
1761 Elisabeth Petrovna, tsarina of Russia (1741-62), dies at about 51 on December - 25.
1763 On this day in history claude Chappe, French engineer (optical telegraph)
1765 Joseph Mazzinghi, composer on December - 25.
1765 On December - 25 antonio Tonelli, composer, dies at 79
1771 Dorothy Wordsworth on this day in history.
1775 Pope Pius VI encyclical on the problems of the pontificate on this day in history.
1775 Antun Sorkocevic, composer on this day in history.
1776 On December - 25 washington crosses Delaware and surprises and defeats 1,400 Hessians
1776 Washington crosses Delaware & surprises & defeats 1,400 Hessians on this day in history.
1788 John Logan, Scottish conductor (Ode to the Cuckoo), dies at about 40 on this day in history.
1808 On December - 25 stephen Cleeg Rowan, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1890
1811 Wilhelm E Freiherr von Ketteler, German politician/bishop of Mainz on this day in history.
1813 On this day in history milledge Luke Bonham, (Confederacy) died in 1890
1814 On this day in history jan de Liefde II, Dutch vicar/founder (Coop of Welfare of the People)
1815 Temistocle Solera, composer on December - 25.
1818 "Silent Night," by Franz Joseph Gruber and Joseph Mohr sung for first time on December - 25.
1818 On this day in history first US performance of Handel's Messiah, Boston
1818 On December - 25 1st known Christmas carol ("Silent Night, Holy Night") sung (Austria)
1821 On December - 25 clara Harlowe Barton, Oxford Mass, nurse/founder (American Red Cross)
1823 Preston Smith, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863 on December - 25.
1824 Barbara Krudener, mystic visionary who renounced nobility, dies at 60 on this day in history.
1825 Esteban Salas y Castro, composer on December - 25.
1829 On this day in history patrick S Gilmore, composer
1830 On December - 25 hector Berlioz's "Symphony Fantastic," premieres
1831 Louisiana & Arkansas are 1st states to observe Christmas as holiday on this day in history.
1831 Johann Herbeck, composer on December - 25.
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