December 26 in History

Ends reign as Pope

Consecrates Westminster Abbey

Ferdinand performs a final penitential ceremony before the altar at San Isidoro.

Begins an Invasion of Northumberland

The oath of allegiance sworn to support Matilda is claimed to be invalid

Alexander III is knighted by Henry III

Alexander III marries Princess Margaret, Henry IIIs daughter

Marries Alexander III

Pays homage to Edward I at Newcastle in the castle hall

Edmund de la Pole is proclaimed an outlaw as Henry acts against another Yorkist claimant living abroad.

Pope Julius grants dispensation for Henry to marry Catherine

Pope Julius grants dispensation for Henry to marry Catherine

The Regency Council will rule by majority, there is no provision for a Protector

The Regency Council will rule by majority, there is no provision for a Protector

Henry VIII revises his will, naming Edward, Mary and Elizabeth in the succession and providing a council for Edward's minority.

If Henry VIIIs daughters die childless then succession will pass to his sister Mary

Henry VIII revises his will to confirm Edward, Mary and Elizabeth in the succession.

The succession provisions follow the Third Succession Act and place Edward first in line.

The will names a council to govern during Prince Edward's minority.

Charles withdraws Lunsford's appointment following protests in the City.

Charles withdraws Lunsford's appointment following protests in the City.

The Scots promise to restore Charles if he restores Presbyterianism. Signs a secret Treaty at the Isle of Wight with the Scots. Promises to impose Presbyterianism for 3 yrs to gain Scottish support

Parliament renounces its allegiance to the King

Promises to impose Presbyterianism for 3 yrs to gain Scottish military support

Support for Lambert collapses & the Rump Parliament resumes its sittings

The Navy mutinied & declared for the Rump, support for Lambert collapsed & the Rump Parliament resumes its sittings

William III of Orange abandons the attempt to capture Charleroi when winter conditions and inadequate siege resources make success unlikely.

English political leaders ask William III of Orange to administer public affairs until the Convention meets.

The Camerons & the Prince arrive in Glasgow

Mitridate re di Ponto premieres successfully in Milan.

Lucio Silla premieres at the Regio Ducal Teatro in Milan.

Louis XVI sanctioned legislation requiring constitutional oaths from clergy, deepening the religious division created by revolutionary reforms.

Louis XVI appeared before the Convention while Raymond de Sèze presented the principal legal defense against the charges.

Louis XVI addressed the Convention after his defense and denied intending to shed the blood of the French people.

Appointed Inspector of the Coast from the Rhone to the Var

Napoleon I was appointed Inspector of the Coast from the Rhone to the Var.

Appointed Inspector of the Coast from the Rhone to the Var

After an attempt on his life Napoleon has 129 "Jacobins" exiled

Austria and France sign the Treaty of Pressburg, which takes Austria out of the war

The Battle of Austerlitz brings the 3rd Coalition to an end

Austria and France sign the Treaty of Pressburg, which takes Austria out of the war

The Battle of Austerlitz brings the 3rd Coalition to an end

The French pursued the fleeing Russians from Warsaw and a significant battle developed around Pultusk. The result remained in doubt, but Bennigsen wrote to the Tsar that he had defeated 60,000 French troops, and as a result he gained overall command of the Russian armies in Poland

Rebels proclaim Constantine Emperor & demand a Constitution

The Decembrists are fired on at Saint Petersburgs Senate Sqr leaving many dead. The Decembrist rebellion is suppressed. Rebels proclaim Constantine Emperor & demand a Constitution

5 of the leaders are hanged & 100 conspirators sent to Siberia

Blanco Soto briefly assumes the presidency during severe post-independence instability.

Takes office and begins the parliamentary republic after the civil war.

Announces radium with Pierre Curie and Gustave Bemont.

Works with Marie Curie and Gustave Bemont in announcing radium.

Finds pitchblende more radioactive than uranium alone.

Works with Marie Curie on highly radioactive uranium minerals.

Shows pitchblende contains a substance far more radioactive than uranium.

Works with the Curies in announcing radium.

Birmingham City opens Saint Andrew's as its new permanent football ground.

Wilson orders temporary federal control of railroads to coordinate wartime transportation.

Peace negotiations with the Central Powers are broken off

Returns to Nanjing after his release from the Xi’an Incident, where negotiations had pushed Nationalists and Communists toward cooperation against Japan.

Arrives in Spain to fight against Franco.

Japan accepts the surrender of Hong Kong

Hong Kong is surrendered to the Japanese

Hong Kong is surrendered to the Japanese

Britain launches Operation Archery, a commando attack against the Lofoten Island off Norway

Britain launches Operation Archery, a commando attack against the Lofoten Island off Norway

Aldo Vidussoni becomes secretary of the National Fascist Party.

Hong Kong is surrendered to the Japanese

Oswald entered the Bethlehem Children's Home on December 26, 1942, and remained there for about thirteen months.

Stalin deports 250,000 Tatars from Crimea to Uzbekistan, they do not return home until the fall of the Soviet Union leading supporters, from Kamenev down, were expelled in December 1927 by the XVth Party Congress, which paved the way for mass expulsio

Leads attack on Na Ngan as the new Viet Minh force wins early victories

Stalin deports 250,000 Tatars from Crimea to Uzbekistan, they do not return home until the fall of the Soviet Union

Advancing Soviet troops surround Budapest

The 3rd Army break through Manteufells troops & reach Baston

Begins Led Zeppelin's first American tour supporting Vanilla Fudge.

Introduces Led Zeppelin's live sound to American audiences.

Signs the Family Planning Services and Population Research Act

Supports federal family-planning legislation before becoming UN ambassador

John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band, Lennons debut album as a solo artist, enters the album charts

Appointed Member of Politburo, Candidate Member

Hun Sen becomes Acting Prime Minister after Chan Sy's death

Chan Sy's premiership ends after his death

Roman becomes prime minister of the provisional post-communist government.

Agrees to work toward a coalition Government in an effort to keep the Islamic Party from taking power and turning the 72-year-old secular republic into a theocracy that would be at odds with the West

Agrees to work toward a coalition Government in an effort to keep the Islamic Party from taking power and turning the 72-year-old secular republic into a theocracy that would be at odds with the West

Turkeys Prime Minister Tansu Ciller resigns following a narrow electoral victory by the Islamic Party

Turkeys Prime Minister Tansu Ciller resigns following a narrow electoral victory by the Islamic Party

Turkeys Prime Minister Tansu Ciller resigns following a narrow electoral victory by the Islamic Party

Turkeys Prime Minister Tansu Ciller resigns following a narrow electoral victory by the Islamic Party

Scores his first Arsenal hat-trick as the club defeat Leicester City 6-1 at Highbury.

Singh's government coordinates large-scale relief operations after the Indian Ocean tsunami devastates coastal communities.

Saddams appeal is rejected and the death sentence upheld

Gen. David Petraeus reports that car bombs and suicide attacks have dropped by 60% since June 2007

Gen. David Petraeus reports that car bombs and suicide attacks have dropped by 60% since June 2007

During her term as LIGO Scientific Collaboration spokesperson, LIGO records GW151226, its second confirmed gravitational-wave signal from merging stellar-mass black holes.

Birth of Charles Babbage

Birth of Mao Tse-Tung, Shaoshan in Hunan Province, year of the snake

Death of Jasper Tudor

Death of Zahir al-Din Mohammed Babur Shah, founder of the Moguls dynasty, India, Babur leaves power to his son Humayun

Catherine Nelson dies while Horatio is still a child.

Death of Harry S Truman

Inflicts a major defeat on the British. Crosses the Delaware & wins a victory which turns the tide of the war

Defeats the Austrians under General Wurmser

Defeated in Alsace by the French under General Hoche

Indecisive Battle in pursuit of the Russians

The French pursued the fleeing Russians from Warsaw and a significant battle developed around Pultusk. The result remained in doubt, but Bennigsen wrote to the Tsar that he had defeated 60,000 French troops, and as a result he gained overall command of the Russian armies in Poland

FitzClarence is wounded during the unsuccessful British attack on Boer positions at Game Tree near Mafeking.

Martineau rescues a wounded comrade near the Boer trenches despite being wounded repeatedly during the withdrawal.

Insists upon the capture of Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge

The encirclement of Budapest is completed by the Russians

The Allies pound German trains west of St-Vith. Patton breaks through Manteuffels forces & reaches Bastogne

The US 4th Armored Division turns the Germans back at Bastogne

The 3rd Army break through Manteufells troops & reach Baston

Crowned King of England, on St Stephens Day