About December 26

December 26, 2025 is the 360th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 5 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.

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Capricorn is the sun 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 53 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

What Happened On December 26

  • 1135 –
    Coronation of King Stephen of England.
  • 1792 –
    The final trial of Louis XVI of France begins in Paris, France.
  • 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.
  • 1862 –
    The largest mass-hanging in U.S. history took place in Mankato, Minnesota, 38 Native Americans die.
  • 1883 –
    The Harbour Grace Affray between Irish Catholics and Protestant Orangemen causes five deaths in Newfoundland.
  • 1898 –
    Marie and Pierre Curie announce the isolation of radium.
  • 1900 –
    A relief crew arrives the the lighthouse on the Flannan Isles of Scotland, only to find the previous crew has disappeared without a trace.
  • 1944 –
    World War II: Patton’s Third Army breaks the encirclement of surrounded U.S. forces at Bastogne, Belgium.
  • 1945 –
    CFP franc and CFA franc are created.
  • 1980 –
    Aeroflot puts the Ilyushin Il-86 into service.
  • 1986 –
    The first long-running American television soap opera, Search for Tomorrow, airs its final episode after 35 years on the air.
  • 1994 –
    Four Armed Islamic Group hijackers seize control of Air France Flight 8969. When the plane lands at Marseille, a French Gendarmerie assault team boards the aircraft and kills the perpetrators.
  • 1997 –
    The Soufriere Hills volcano on the island of Montserrat explodes, creating a small tsunami offshore.
  • 1999 –
    The storm Lothar sweeps across Central Europe, killing 137 and causing US$1.3 billion in damage.
  • 2003 –
    A magnitude 6.6 earthquake devastates southeast Iranian city of Bam, killing tens of thousands and destroying the citadel of Arg-é Bam.
  • 2005 –
    A gang-related shooting on a busy shopping street in Toronto kills one and injures six.

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