Historical Events In December - 25
Thursday, 28 March 2024
1745 Treaty of Dresden gives much of Silesia to the Prussians on December - 25.
1745 On December - 25 prussia/Austria signs Treaty of Dresden
1750 On December - 25 john "Christmas" Beckwith, composer
1757 Benjamin Pierce, U.S. politician (d 1839) on this day in history.
1758 Halley's comet first sighted by Johann Georg Palitzsch during return on this day in history.
1758 Halley's comet 1st sighted by Johann Georg Palitzsch during return on this day in history.
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 On this day in history elisabeth Petrovna, tsarina of Russia (1741-62), dies at about 51
1763 Claude Chappe, French engineer (optical telegraph) on December - 25.
1765 Joseph Mazzinghi, composer on December - 25.
1765 On this day in history antonio Tonelli, composer, dies at 79
1771 Dorothy Wordsworth on December - 25.
1775 Pope Pius VI encyclical on the problems of the pontificate on this day in history.
1775 On December - 25 antun Sorkocevic, composer
1776 On December - 25 washington crosses Delaware and surprises and defeats 1,400 Hessians
1776 Washington crosses Delaware & surprises & defeats 1,400 Hessians on December - 25.
1788 John Logan, Scottish conductor (Ode to the Cuckoo), dies at about 40 on December - 25.
1808 On this day in history 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 December - 25 milledge Luke Bonham, (Confederacy) died in 1890
1814 Jan de Liefde II, Dutch vicar/founder (Coop of Welfare of the People) on December - 25.
1815 On this day in history temistocle Solera, composer
1818 "Silent Night," by Franz Joseph Gruber and Joseph Mohr sung for first time on this day in history.
1818 On December - 25 first US performance of Handel's Messiah, Boston
1818 On December - 25 1st known Christmas carol ("Silent Night, Holy Night") sung (Austria)
1821 Clara Harlowe Barton, Oxford Mass, nurse/founder (American Red Cross) on December - 25.
1823 Preston Smith, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863 on this day in history.
1824 Barbara Krudener, mystic visionary who renounced nobility, dies at 60 on December - 25.
1825 On this day in history esteban Salas y Castro, composer
1829 Patrick S Gilmore, composer on December - 25.
1830 On December - 25 hector Berlioz's "Symphony Fantastic," premieres
1831 On this day in history louisiana & Arkansas are 1st states to observe Christmas as holiday
1831 Johann Herbeck, composer on this day in history.
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