all incredible world: Historical Events on Christmas Day

Friday, February 24, 2012

Historical Events on Christmas Day


The 25th of December, widely only known as Christmas Day, has  along list of significant historic occurrences, many of which are indirectly related to the Christian Holiday. Following is a list of ten such historic events.
1st definite account of celebration of Christmas on Dec 25th (352)
Christmas Celebration

Hungary is established as a Christian kingdom by Stephen I of Hungary (1000)
Saint Stephen I
Baldwin of Boulogne crowned the first King of Jerusalem in the Church of the Nativity (1100)
Baldwin of Boulogne
Birth of English scientist, Isaac Newton (1642)
Sir Isaac Newton
1st known Christmas carol, “Silent Night”, sung in Austria (1818)
Silent Night, Holy Night
Quaid-e-Azam’s Day: Birth of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, founder of Pakistan (1876)
Quaid-e-Azam M. Ali Jinnah
During World War I, German and British troops on the Western Front observe a temporary cease fire known as the Christmas Truce (1914)
Christmas Truce
Constitution Day (Taiwan): Constitution of the Republic of China goes into effect (1947)
Taiwanese National Assembly delegates
The first successful test-run of the system which would become the World Wide Web (1990)
Tim Berners-Lee's NeXTcube - The First Web Server
Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as president of the Soviet Union, Ukraine officially leaves the Soviet Union and the union is dissolved the following day (1991)
Mikhail Gorbachev
 via Wikipedia and History Orb

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