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