On this day: 25 December
Events, births and deaths on 25 December. Every date is checked against Wikidata.
Years ago today
1 year ago2025
Nothing recorded for that year.
10 years ago2016
- Deaths · George Michael
- Deaths · Vera Rubin
- Events · 2016 Russian Defence Ministry Tupolev Tu-154 crash
100 years ago1926
- Deaths · Emperor Taishō
- Events · Shōwa era
- Births · Enrique Jorrín
1000 years ago1026
Nothing recorded for that year.
Events · 32
- 274(Julian date)Temple of the Sun — Roman temple in the Campus Agrippae dedicated in C.E.274
- 1553(Julian date)Battle of Tucapel — 1554 battle
- 1776Washington's crossing of the Delaware River — 1776 military operation
- 1826Eggnog Riot — 1826 cadet riot at the United States Military Academy
- 1831Baptist War — slave revolt in Jamaica, 1831–1832
- 1837Battle of Lake Okeechobee — 1837 battle in Second Seminole War
- 1914Christmas truce — unofficial cease fire in Western Front during World War l
- 1915National Protection War — civil war in China (1915-16), caused by Yuan Shikai’s proclamation of himself as emperor
- 1926Shōwa era — period of Japanese history within the 20th century CE (1926–1989)
- 1927Nationalist Party of Vietnam — Vietnamese nationalist and democratic socialist political party (1927–1975)
- 19321932 Changma earthquake — 1932 earthquake in central China
- 1941Japanese occupation of Hong Kong — 3.7 year occupation of Hong Kong during World War II by the Japanese Empire
- 1951Murder of Harry and Harriette Moore — 1951 bombing attack that killed two civil rights activists
- 1963Bayrak — official radio and television broadcasting corporation of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
- 1968Kilvenmani massacre — 1968 massacre in India
- 1971Taeyunkak Hotel Fire — massive skyscraper fire in Seoul, South Korea in 1971
- 1976EgyptAir Flight 864 — Aviation accident
- 1979Soviet-Afghan War — 1979–1989 war between the Soviet Union and Afghan insurgents
- 1986Iraqi Airways Flight 163 — aviation accident caused by hijacker's hand grenade
- 1989Romanian Revolution (1989) — 1989 popular uprising in Romania against the regime of Nicolae Ceaușescu
- 1989Trial of Nicolae and Elena Ceaușescu — 1989 trial in Romania of Nicolae and Elena Ceaușescu
- 1999Cubana de Aviación Flight 310 — aviation accident
- 2003UTAGE Flight 141 — 2003 aviation accident in Benin
- 20052005 Uetsu Main Line derailment — train wreck
- 2009Northwest Airlines Flight 253 — 2009 failed airliner bombing attempt
- 2010New Taipei City — city in Taiwan, and most populous municipality of Taiwan
- 20122012 Kazakhstan Antonov An-72 crash — fatal plane crash in Kazakhstan
- 2012Air Bagan Flight 11 — 2012 aviation accident
- 2014Taoyuan — city in Taiwan
- 20162016 Russian Defence Ministry Tupolev Tu-154 crash — aviation accident
- 20202020 Nashville bombing — car bomb detonated in downtown Nashville, Tennessee
- 2024Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243 — 2024 plane crash in Kazakhstan
Births · 60
- 1250(Julian date)John IV Laskaris — 13th-century emperor of Nicaea
- 1461(Julian date)Christina of Saxony — Saxon princess who became Queen consort of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden
- 1583Orlando Gibbons — English composer, virginalist and organist (1583-1625)
- 1584Margaret of Austria, Queen of Spain — queen consort of Spain (1584-1611)
- 1642(Julian date)Isaac Newton — English mathematician and physicist (1642–1727)
- 1717Pius VI — Pope of the Catholic Church from 1775 to 1799
- 1724John Michell — English philosopher
- 1728Johann Adam Hiller — German composer and conductor (1728–1804)
- 1763Claude Chappe — French inventor
- 1821Clara Barton — American Civil War nurse (1821–1912)
- 1849Nogi Maresuke — Japanese general (1849-1912)
- 1861Madan Mohan Malaviya — Indian educator and politician
- 1872Helena Rubinstein — Polish-American businesswoman, art collector, and philanthropist
- 1876Mohammad Ali Jinnah — politician and the founder of Pakistan (1876–1948)
- 1876Adolf Windaus — German chemist (1876–1959)
- 1878Louis Chevrolet — Swiss motor company founder and racecar driver (1878-1941)
- 1887Conrad Hilton — American hotelier and member of the Hilton family
- 1899Humphrey Bogart — American actor (1899–1957)
- 1901Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester — British aristocrat (1900–2004); wife of Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester
- 1904Gerhard Herzberg — German-Canadian physicist and physical chemist (1904-1999)
- 1906Ernst Ruska — German physicist (1906–1988)
- 1907Cab Calloway — American jazz singer (1907–1994)
- 1908Quentin Crisp — English writer, humorist and actor (1908-1999)
- 1911Louise Bourgeois — French-American artist (1911-2010)
- 1916Ahmad ibn Billah — President of Algeria from 1963 to 1965
Deaths · 60
- 304Anastasia of Sirmium — Christian saint and martyr
- 795(Julian date)Adrian I — Pope from 772 to 795
- 824(Julian date)Han Yu — Chinese historian, poet, philosopher and politician (768–824)
- 1156(Julian date)Sverker I of Sweden — King of Sweden
- 1156(Julian date)Peter the Venerable — French abbot and saint
- 1406(Julian date)Enrique III of Castile — king of Castille (1379-1407)
- 1553(Julian date)Pedro de Valdivia — Spanish conquistador, first royal governor of Chile (1497–1553)
- 1635Samuel de Champlain — 16/17th-century French explorer of North America
- 1676William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle — English polymath and aristocrat (1592-1676)
- 1683Kara Mustafa Paşa — Ottoman military leader and grand vizier (1634-1683)
- 1796Rani Velu Nachiyar — Indian queen and freedom fighter
- 1909Richard Bowdler Sharpe — English ornithologist (1847–1909)
- 1916Albert Chmielowski — Polish saint (1846-1916)
- 1921Vladimir Korolenko — Ukrainian-born Russian writer
- 1925Karl Abraham — German psychoanalyst (1877–1925)
- 1926Emperor Taishō — Emperor of Japan from 1912 until 1926
- 1933Francesc Macià i Llussà — President of Generalitat de Catalunya (1931-33)
- 1935Paul Bourget — French writer, playwright and critic (1852–1935)
- 1938Karel Čapek — Czech writer (1890–1938)
- 1940Agnes Ayres — American actress (1892–1940)
- 1944Martin Wilhelm Kutta — German mathematician (1867–1944)
- 1946W. C. Fields — American comedian, actor, juggler and writer (1880–1946)
- 1949Leon Schlesinger — American film producer (1884–1949)
- 1956Robert Walser — Swiss writer (1878–1956)
- 1957Charles Pathé — French businessman (1863–1957)
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