Page 3: Historical Events In December - 25

1745  On this day in history treaty of Dresden gives much of Silesia to the Prussians   

1745  On December - 25 prussia/Austria signs Treaty of Dresden   

1750  On December - 25 john "Christmas" Beckwith, composer   

1757  On this day in history benjamin Pierce, U.S. politician (d 1839)   

1758  Halley's comet first sighted by Johann Georg Palitzsch during return on December - 25.   

1758  On December - 25 halley's comet 1st sighted by Johann Georg Palitzsch during return   

1760  On this day in history juptier Hammon, New York slave, publishes poetry in "An Evening Thought"   

1760  On this day in history juptier Hammon, NY slave, publishes poetry in "An Evening Throught"   

1761  On December - 25 elisabeth Petrovna, tsarina of Russia (1741-62), dies at about 51   

1763  On this day in history claude Chappe, French engineer (optical telegraph)   

1765  On this day in history joseph Mazzinghi, composer   

1765  Antonio Tonelli, composer, dies at 79 on December - 25.   

1771  Dorothy Wordsworth on December - 25.   

1775  On December - 25 pope Pius VI encyclical on the problems of the pontificate   

1775  On this day in history antun Sorkocevic, composer   

1776  Washington crosses Delaware and surprises and defeats 1,400 Hessians on December - 25.   

1776  Washington crosses Delaware & surprises & defeats 1,400 Hessians on December - 25.   

1788  On December - 25 john Logan, Scottish conductor (Ode to the Cuckoo), dies at about 40   

1808  Stephen Cleeg Rowan, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1890 on December - 25.   

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  On this day in history jan de Liefde II, Dutch vicar/founder (Coop of Welfare of the People)   

1815  On December - 25 temistocle Solera, composer   

1818  "Silent Night," by Franz Joseph Gruber and Joseph Mohr sung for first time on December - 25.   

1818  First US performance of Handel's Messiah, Boston on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1823  On this day in history preston Smith, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863   

1824  On this day in history barbara Krudener, mystic visionary who renounced nobility, dies at 60   

1825  On December - 25 esteban Salas y Castro, composer   

1829  On this day in history patrick S Gilmore, composer   

1830  Hector Berlioz's "Symphony Fantastic," premieres on this day in history.   

1831  Louisiana & Arkansas are 1st states to observe Christmas as holiday on this day in history.   

1831  On December - 25 johann Herbeck, composer   

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1250  On this day in history birth of john IV Laskaris, Byzantine Emperor (d. circa 1305)   

1461  Christina of Saxony, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1521) was born on this day in history.   

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  On December - 25 birth of jose Ximenez, composer   

1624  On this day in history birth of angelus Silesius, [Johann Scheffler], German mystic (St Seelenlust)   

1628  Noel Coypel, French painter was born on December - 25.   

1646  On December - 25 birth of harald Vallerius, composer   

0795  On December - 25 adrian I, Italian Pope (772-95), dies   

0820  Death of Leo V, the Armenian, Byzantine gen/Emperor (813-20), murdered on this day in history.   

1156  Peter Venerabilis, Fr theologist/9th abbot of Cluny, dies at about 61 on December - 25.   

1249  On this day in history peter Nolascus, Spanish monastery founder/St, dies   

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 this day in history death of samuel de Champlain, French explorer and founder of Quebec City (b. 1567)   

1676  Death of Matthew Hale, Lord Chief Justice of England (b. 1609) on December - 25.