What are the important events that happened on December 25? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

December 25: Facts & Myths About This Day

December 25 is the 360^th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 6 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is December 12, 2024 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 28,918,080 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectahexacontagon’ day.

Capricorn is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Turquoise is the modern birthstone for this month. Onyx is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 35 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,387 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

December 25 Historical Events

• 333 –
  Emperor Constantine the Great elevates his youngest son Constans to the rank of Caesar.
• 350 –
  Vetranio meets Constantius II at Naissus (Serbia) and is forced to abdicate his title (Caesar). Constantius allows him to live as a private citizen on a state pension.
• 1000 –
  The foundation of the Kingdom of Hungary: Hungary is established as a Christian kingdom by Stephen I of Hungary.
• 1066 –
  William the Conqueror is crowned king of England, at Westminster Abbey, London.
• 1553 –
  Battle of Tucapel: Mapuche rebels under Lautaro defeat the Spanish conquistadors and executes the governor of Chile, Pedro de Valdivia.
• 1599 –
  The city of Natal, Brazil is founded.
• 1868 –
  U.S. President Andrew Johnson grants unconditional pardon to all Civil War Confederate soldiers.
• 1926 –
  Emperor Taishō of Japan dies. His son, Prince Hirohito succeeds him as Emperor Shōwa.
• 1932 –
  A magnitude 7.6 earthquake in Gansu, China kills 275 people.
• 1947 –
  The Constitution of the Republic of China goes into effect.

Who were born on December 25?

• 1776 –
  Sydney Owenson (Lady Morgan), Irish writer (alleged date of birth) (d. 1859)
• 1860 –
  Manwel Dimech, Maltese philosopher and social reformer (d. 1921)
• 1861 –
  Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya, Indian founder of Banaras Hindu University (d. 1946)
• 1864 –
  Thomas Cahill, American soccer coach (d. 1951)
• 1875 –
  Theodor Innitzer, Austrian cardinal (d. 1955)
• 1964 –
  Bob Stanley, English musician (Saint Etienne), filmmaker and journalist
• 1977 –
  Israel Vasquez, Mexican boxer
• 1982 –
  Shawn Andrews, American football player
• 1984 –
  The Veronicas, Australian singers (twin sisters)
• 1985 –
  Leon Pisani, Welsh singer

Who died on December 25?

• 1763 –
  Suraj Mal, Sinsiwar Jat ruler of Bharatpur (b. 1707)
• 1940 –
  Agnes Ayres, American actress (b. 1898)
• 1950 –
  Neil Francis Hawkins, British fascist (b. 1903)
• 1954 –
  Johnny Ace, American singer (b. 1929)
• 1963 –
  Tristan Tzara, Romanian writer (b. 1896)
• 1983 –
  Joan Miró, Catalan painter (b. 1893)
• 1993 –
  Pierre Victor Auger, French physicist (b. 1899)
• 1995 –
  Dean Martin, American singer (b. 1917)
• 2000 –
  Willard Van Orman Quine, American philosopher (b. 1908)
• 2006 –
  James Brown, American singer (b. 1933)