What is December 25?
{{calendar}} {{day}} [[Christmas]] is celebrated on this day in many Christian and Western countries. == Events == === Up to 1900 === * [[333]] &ndash; Roman Emperor [[Constantine the Great|Constantine I]] promotes his youngest son [[Constans]] to the rank of ''[[Caesar (title)|Caesar]]''. * [[336]] &ndash; [[Ancient Rome]] holds its first documented [[Christmas]] celebration. * [[496]] &ndash; [[Clovis I]], [[King of the Franks]], is baptized into the Roman Catholic faith in [[Reims]] by [[Saint Remigius]]. * [[597]] &ndash; [[Augustine of Canterbury]] and his fellow labourers baptize over 10,000 Anglo–Saxons in [[Kent]]. * [[800]] &ndash; Coronation of [[Charlemagne]] as [[Holy Roman Emperor]], in [[Rome]]. * [[1000]] &ndash; [[Hungary]] is established as a [[Christianity|Christian]] [[kingdom]] by [[Stephen I of Hungary]]. * [[1066]] &ndash; Coronation of [[William the Conqueror]] as king of [[England]], at [[Westminster Abbey]], [[London]]. * [[1130]] &ndash; [[Roger II of Sicily]] is crowned the first [[King]] of [[Sicily]]. * [[1223]] &ndash; [[Canonization|Saint]] [[Francis of Assisi]] assembles the first [[Nativity]] scene. * [[1495]] &ndash; Spanish forces defeat the [[Guanches]], the native people of the [[Canary Islands]], in the [[Battle]] of La Victoria de Acentejo – [[Tenerife]] is the last island to be taken over by [[Spain]]. * [[1553]] &ndash; [[Battle of Tucapel]]: [[Mapuche]] rebels under [[Lautaro]] defeat the Spanish conquistadors and execute [[Governor]] of [[Chile]] [[Pedro de Valdivia]]. * [[1599]] &ndash; The [[city]] of [[Natal, Rio Grande do Norte|Natal]], [[Brazil]] is founded. * [[1643]] &ndash; [[Christmas Island]] is found and named in the [[Indian Ocean]] near present–day [[Indonesia]] by Captain [[William Mynors]]. * [[1758]] &ndash; [[Halley's Comet]] passes by [[Earth]], just as [[Edmond Halley]] had predicted. * [[1776]] &ndash; [[George Washington]] and his [[army]] cross the [[Delaware River]] to attack the monarchy's Hessian mercenaries in [[Trenton, New Jersey]]. * [[1818]