December 25 in history
Events on December 25
Notable events that happened on December 25 in past years.
- 2024
Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243 crashes in Aktau, Kazakhstan, killing 38 of its occupants.
Wikipedia article: Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243 - 2012
An Antonov An-72 plane crashes close to the city of Shymkent, killing 27 people.
Wikipedia article: Antonov An-72 - 2003
The ill-fated Beagle 2 probe, released from the Mars Express spacecraft on December 19, stops transmitting shortly before its scheduled landing.
Wikipedia article: Beagle 2 - 1986
Iraqi Airways Flight 163, a Boeing 737-270C, is hijacked and crashes in Arar, Saudi Arabia, killing 63 people.
Wikipedia article: Iraqi Airways Flight 163 - 1968
Kilvenmani massacre: Forty-four Dalits (untouchables) are burnt to death in Kizhavenmani village, Tamil Nadu, a retaliation for a campaign for higher wages by Dalit laborers.
Wikipedia article: Kilvenmani massacre - 1946
The first European self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction is initiated within the Soviet Union's F-1 nuclear reactor.
Wikipedia article: Nuclear chain reaction - 1927
B. R. Ambedkar and his followers burn copies of the Manusmriti in Mahad, Maharashtra, to protest its treatment of Dalit people.
Wikipedia article: B. R. Ambedkar - 1868
Pardons for ex-Confederates: United States President Andrew Johnson grants an unconditional pardon to all Confederate veterans.
Wikipedia article: Pardons for ex-Confederates - 1815
The Handel and Haydn Society, oldest continually performing arts organization in the United States, gives its first performance.
Wikipedia article: Handel and Haydn Society - 1766
Mapuches in Chile launch a series of surprise attacks against the Spanish starting the Mapuche uprising of 1766.
Wikipedia article: Mapuche - 1553
Battle of Tucapel: Mapuche rebels under Lautaro defeat the Spanish conquistadors and executes the governor of Chile, Pedro de Valdivia.
Wikipedia article: Battle of Tucapel - 1100
Baldwin of Boulogne is crowned the first King of Jerusalem in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem.
Wikipedia article: Baldwin I of Jerusalem - 1013
Sweyn Forkbeard takes control of the Danelaw and is proclaimed king of England.
Wikipedia article: Swein Forkbeard - 508
Clovis I, king of the Franks, is baptized into the Catholic faith at Reims, by Saint Remigius.
- 36
Forces of Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han, under the command of Wu Han, conquer the separatist Chengjia empire, reuniting China.
Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0