This Day in History
Today: December 23, 2025
484
The Arian Vandal Kingdom ceases its persecution of Nicene Christianity.[1]
558
Chlothar I is crowned King of the Franks.
583
Maya queen Yohl Ik'nal is crowned ruler of Palenque.
962
The Sack of Aleppo as part of the Arab–Byzantine wars: Under the future Emperor Nicephorus Phocas, Byzantine troops storm the city of Aleppo.
1598
Arauco War: Governor of Chile Martín García Óñez de Loyola is killed in the Battle of Curalaba by Mapuches led by Pelantaru.
1688
As part of the Glorious Revolution, King James II of England flees from England to Paris, France after being deposed in favor of his son-in-law and nephew, William of Orange and his daughter Mary.
1773
Moscow State Academy of Choreography was founded[2] under the reign of Catherine II. It is the second ballet school in Russia after Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet.
1783
George Washington resigns as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army at the Maryland State House in Annapolis, Maryland.
1793
The Battle of Savenay: A decisive defeat of the royalist counter-revolutionaries in War in the Vendée during the French Revolution.
1815
The novel Emma by Jane Austen is first published.
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