This Day in History
Today: December 26, 2025
887
Berengar I is elected as king of Italy by the lords of Lombardy. He is crowned with the Iron Crown of Lombardy at Pavia.[1]
1481
Battle of Westbroek: An army of 4,000 to 5,000 soldiers raised by David of Burgundy, Bishop of Utrecht, attacks an armed mob of people from nearby Utrecht who were trying to avenge the massacre of the inhabitants of Westbroek.[2]
1704
Second Battle of Anandpur: In the Second Battle of Anandpur, Aurangzeb's two generals, Wazir Khan and Zaberdast Khan executed two children of Guru Gobind Singh, Zorawar Singh aged eight and Fateh Singh aged five, by burying them alive into a wall.[3]
1709
The opera Agrippina by George Frideric Handel premiered in Venice.[4]
1723
Bach led the first performance of Darzu ist erschienen der Sohn Gottes, BWV 40, his first Christmas Cantata composed for Leipzig.[5]
1776
American Revolutionary War: In the Battle of Trenton, the Continental Army attacks and successfully defeats a garrison of Hessian forces.[6]
1790
Louis XVI of France gives his public assent to Civil Constitution of the Clergy during the French Revolution.[7]
1793
Second Battle of Wissembourg: France defeats Austria.[8]
1799
Henry Lee III's eulogy to George Washington in congress declares him as "first in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen".[9]
1805
Austria and France sign the Treaty of Pressburg.[10]
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