What is December 26?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === * [[795]] &ndash; [[Pope Leo III]] is elected. * [[838]] &ndash; A [[North Sea]] [[flood]] affecting [[Friesland]] kills around 2,500 people. * [[1135]] &ndash; [[Stephen of England]] is crowned King. * [[1481]] &ndash; [[Battle of Westbroek]] – [[Holland]] defeats troops of [[Utrecht (province)|Utrecht]] * [[1606]] &ndash; [[King Lear]] performed in the Court of [[England]] * [[1620]] &ndash; [[Erzsébet Báthory|Elizabeth Báthory]]'s crimes are uncovered * [[1620]] &ndash; [[Pilgrim Fathers]] land of what becomes [[New Plymouth]] in [[Massachusetts]] * [[1776]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: The British were defeated in the [[Battle of Trenton]] * [[1790]] &ndash; [[Louis XVI of France]] gives his public assent to [[Civil Constitution of the Clergy]] during the [[French Revolution]] * [[1792]] &ndash; Final trial of [[Louis XVI of France]] begins in [[Paris]] * [[1793]] &ndash; [[Battle of Geisberg (1793)|Battle of Geisberg]] – French defeat Austrians * [[1793]] &ndash; Wedding of Prince [[Friedrich Ludwig of Prussia]] and [[Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz]]. * [[1805]] &ndash; [[Austria]] and [[France]] sign the [[Treaty of Pressburg]]. * [[1806]] &ndash; [[Battle of Pultusk]] – indecisive battle between [[Napoleon]] and the [[Russia]]ns. * [[1811]] &ndash; In [[Richmond, Virginia]], the worst [[theatre]] [[fire]] in [[US]] [[history]] kills 72 people, including then–Governor of Virginia [[George William Smith]]. * [[1812]] &ndash; The [[Delaware River]] and [[Chesapeake Bay]] are blocked off by ships during the [[War of 1812]]. * [[1825]] &ndash; Several [[Imperial Russia]] [[army]] [[commissioned officer|officers]] lead 3000 [[soldier]]s to the Senate Square in the failed [[Decembrist revolt|Decembrist uprising]] * [[1825]] &ndash; The [[Erie Canal]] opens * [[1861]] &ndash; [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] diplomatic envoys [[James Mason (Confederate)|James Mason]] and [[John Slidell]] are freed by the [[United States]] government,