Historical Events In December - 25

1832  On this day in history charles Darwins celebrates Christmas in St Martin at Cape Receiver  

1832  On this day in history thomas Alfred Smyth, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1865  

1833  On December - 25 charles Darwins celebrates Christmas in Port Desire, Patagonia  

1834  On December - 25 charles Darwins celebrates Christmas on Beagle at Tres Montes, Chile  

1835  On December - 25 charles Darwins company celebrates Christmas in Pahia, New Zealand  

1837  Battle of Okeechobee-US forces defeat Seminole Indians on December - 25.  

1837  On this day in history cosima Liszt, wife of Austrian composer Richard Wagner  

1842  Bedrich Divis Weber, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

1843  First theatre matinee (Olympic Theatre, NYC) on this day in history.  

1843  On December - 25 1st theatre matinee (Olympic Theatre, NYC)  

1848  On December - 25 new Haven Railroad opens  

1848  On December - 25 johann Erik Nordblom, composer, dies at 60  

1854  Opening of the Bytown and Prescott Railway between Prescott and Bytown (now Ottawa), 54 miles. First rail service to what is now Canada's Capital. Bytown was renamed Ottawa in 1855 and the railway became the Ottawa and Prescott Railway Company, now part of Canadian Pacific on this day in history.  

1855  On this day in history soldiers of the Royal Canadian Rifles at the Tête du Pont barracks clear ice from Lake Ontario and use field hockey sticks and lacrosse balls to play what is reputed to be the first game of ice hockey  

1855  James Galvin, pitcher, shut-out every opposing team in 1884 on this day in history.  

1859  Raoul Gunsbourg, composer on this day in history.  

1862  40,000 watch the Union army men play baseball at Hilton Head, SC on December - 25.  

1862  40,000 watch Union army men play baseball at Hilton Head, SC on December - 25.  

1865  On this day in history evangeline Cory Booth, Salvation Army general (1904-34)  

1867  Alfred Kerr, writer on this day in history.  

1868  Despite bitter opposition, President A Johnson grants unconditional pardon to all persons involved in the Southern rebellion (the Civil War) on December - 25.  

1868  Despite bitter opposition, Pres A Johnson grants unconditional pardon to all persons involved in Southern rebellion (Civil War) on this day in history.  

1868  Eugenie Besserer, Watertown NY, actress (Jazz Singer) on December - 25.  

1868  On December - 25 linus Yale, developer of cylinder lock, dies  

1875  On December - 25 lambs Club in NY forms  

1875  On December - 25 theodor Innitzer, cardinal/archbishop Vienna  

1876  On this day in history mohammed Ali Jinnah, Karachi, founded Pakistan (1947)/gov (1947-58)  

1878  W Starling Burgess, yacht designer (America Cup's Enterprise) on this day in history.  

1878  Anna Claypoole Peale, US painter of miniatures, dies on December - 25.  

1881  The ship Lord Bute, left Newcastle on Tyne and was not heard of again. It is speculated that she was lost with all hands the following day on this day in history.  

1881  Joseph V McCarthy, baseball manager (NY Yankees) on this day in history.  

1883  On this day in history the birth of Maurice Utrillo, French painter  

1883  On this day in history fran Lhotka, composer  

1883  Marek Konrad Sokolowski, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

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1250  John IV Laskaris, Byzantine Emperor (d. circa 1305) was born on December - 25.  

1461  On this day in history birth of christina of Saxony, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1521)  

1583  Orlando Gibbons, English composer (O Clap Your Hands), baptized was born on December - 25.  

1587  On this day in history birth of margarita of Austria, queen of Philip III of Spain (d. 1611)  

1601  Jose Ximenez, composer was born on December - 25.  

1624  Angelus Silesius, [Johann Scheffler], German mystic (St Seelenlust) was born on this day in history.  

1628  Noel Coypel, French painter was born on this day in history.  

1646  On this day in history birth of harald Vallerius, composer  

0795  On this day in history adrian I, Italian Pope (772-95), dies  

0820  On this day in history death of leo V, the Armenian, Byzantine gen/Emperor (813-20), murdered  

1156  Peter Venerabilis, Fr theologist/9th abbot of Cluny, dies at about 61 on this day in history.  

1249  Peter Nolascus, Spanish monastery founder/St, dies on December - 25.  

1513  On this day in history johannes Amerbach, Swiss publisher/printer, dies at about 70  

1530  On December - 25 babur, emperor of Delhi, dies  

1635  On December - 25 death of samuel de Champlain, French explorer and founder of Quebec City (b. 1567)  

1676  On this day in history death of matthew Hale, Lord Chief Justice of England (b. 1609)