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Hear are some notable events that happened on
This Date in History - December 26th
Boxing Day - ("Black Friday II")
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* 1135 – Coronation of King Stephen of England.
* 1481 – Battle of Westbroek: Holland defeats troops of Utrecht.
* 1613 – Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset, marries Frances Howard.
* 1776 – American Revolutionary War: The British are defeated in the Battle of Trenton.
* 1790 – Louis XVI of France gives his public assent to Civil Constitution of the Clergy during the French Revolution.
* 1792 – The final trial of Louis XVI of France begins in Paris.
* 1793 – Second Battle of Wissembourg: French defeat Austrians.
* 1793 – The wedding of Prince Friedrich Ludwig of Prussia and Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz takes place.
* 1799 – Four thousand people attend George Washington's funeral where Henry Lee declares him as "first in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen."
* 1805 – Austria and France sign the Treaty of Pressburg.
* 1806 – Battles of Pultusk and Golymin: Russian forces hold French forces under Napoleon.
* 1811 – A theater fire in Richmond, Virginia kills the Governor of Virginia George William Smith and the president of the First National Bank of Virginia Abraham B. Venable.
* 1825 – Advocates of liberalism in Russia rise up against Tsar Nicholas I and are put down in the Decembrist Revolt in St. Petersburg.
* 1846 – Trapped in snow in the Sierra Nevadas and without food, members of the Donner Party resort to cannibalism.
* 1860 – The first ever inter-club football match takes place between Hallam F.C. and Sheffield F.C. at the Sandygate Road ground in Sheffield, England.
* 1861 – American Civil War: The Trent Affair: Confederate diplomatic envoys James M. Mason and John Slidell are freed by the United States government, thus heading off a possible war between the United States and Britain.
* 1862 – American Civil War: The Battle of Chickasaw Bayou begins.
* 1862 – Four nuns serving as volunteer nurses on board USS Red Rover are the first female nurses on a U.S. Navy hospital ship.
* 1862 – The largest mass-hanging in U.S. history took place in Mankato, Minnesota, 38 Native Americans die.
* 1870 – The 12.8-km long Fr
This Date in History - December 26th
Boxing Day - ("Black Friday II")
c/p from Wikipedia
* 1135 – Coronation of King Stephen of England.
* 1481 – Battle of Westbroek: Holland defeats troops of Utrecht.
* 1613 – Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset, marries Frances Howard.
* 1776 – American Revolutionary War: The British are defeated in the Battle of Trenton.
* 1790 – Louis XVI of France gives his public assent to Civil Constitution of the Clergy during the French Revolution.
* 1792 – The final trial of Louis XVI of France begins in Paris.
* 1793 – Second Battle of Wissembourg: French defeat Austrians.
* 1793 – The wedding of Prince Friedrich Ludwig of Prussia and Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz takes place.
* 1799 – Four thousand people attend George Washington's funeral where Henry Lee declares him as "first in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen."
* 1805 – Austria and France sign the Treaty of Pressburg.
* 1806 – Battles of Pultusk and Golymin: Russian forces hold French forces under Napoleon.
* 1811 – A theater fire in Richmond, Virginia kills the Governor of Virginia George William Smith and the president of the First National Bank of Virginia Abraham B. Venable.
* 1825 – Advocates of liberalism in Russia rise up against Tsar Nicholas I and are put down in the Decembrist Revolt in St. Petersburg.
* 1846 – Trapped in snow in the Sierra Nevadas and without food, members of the Donner Party resort to cannibalism.
* 1860 – The first ever inter-club football match takes place between Hallam F.C. and Sheffield F.C. at the Sandygate Road ground in Sheffield, England.
* 1861 – American Civil War: The Trent Affair: Confederate diplomatic envoys James M. Mason and John Slidell are freed by the United States government, thus heading off a possible war between the United States and Britain.
* 1862 – American Civil War: The Battle of Chickasaw Bayou begins.
* 1862 – Four nuns serving as volunteer nurses on board USS Red Rover are the first female nurses on a U.S. Navy hospital ship.
* 1862 – The largest mass-hanging in U.S. history took place in Mankato, Minnesota, 38 Native Americans die.
* 1870 – The 12.8-km long Fr
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