Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/December 25

December 25: Christmas in Western Christianity.

Washington Crossing the Delaware

• 800 - Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne emperor, a title that had been out of use in the West since the abdication of Romulus Augustulus in 476.

• 1776 - American Revolutionary War: George Washington and his army crossed the Delaware River (pictured) to launch a surprise attack on Hessian mercenaries at the Battle of Trenton.

• 1818 - "Silent Night", a Christmas carol by Josef Mohr and Franz Gruber, was first performed in a church in Austria.

• 1868 - The Republic of Ezo was founded in Hokkaidō by rebels loyal to the deposed Tokugawa shogunate. In the first elections ever held in Japan, they elected Admiral Enomoto Takeaki as their President.

• 1991 - Mikhail Gorbachev resigned as president of the Soviet Union.

Recent days: December 24 – December 23 – December 22

More anniversaries:

• November 30
• December 1
• December 2