December 26

Events

 * - A heavy causes floods in nearly all the coastal areas of the.
 * - -  defeats troops of.
 * - First Performance of 's 
 * - 's crimes are uncovered.
 * 1620  -  land at what becomes  in.
 * - : The British are defeated in the.
 * - gives his public assent to  during the.
 * - The final trial of begins in.
 * - : defeat ns.
 * 1793  - The wedding of Prince  and  takes place.
 * - and  signed the.
 * - Battles of and : n forces hold  forces under.
 * - A theater fire in kills the   and the president of the First National Bank of Virginia.
 * - Several  s lead circa 3000 s on the Senate Square in the failed.
 * - The opens.
 * - The fraternity is founded.
 * - The first ever inter-club match takes place between  and  at the  ground in,.
 * - : diplomatic envoys  and  are freed by the  government, thus heading off a possible war between the United States and.
 * - : The begins.
 * - Four nuns who were volunteer on board  were the first female nurses on a.
 * - The largest mass-hanging in US history took place in, killing 39.
 * - The 12.8-km long through the Alps is completed.
 * - collaborate for the first time, on their lost opera, . It does modestly well, but the two will not collaborate again for four years.
 * - and  announce the isolation of.
 * -  is released, widely considered to be the world's first.
 * - becomes the first    champion by defeating  in,.
 * - is made.
 * - sold to the.
 * - The is founded.
 * 1925  -  adopts the.
 * -, the oldest existing is founded.
 * - The Motor Company is organized in,.
 * 1933  -  is patented.
 * - : The German warship  sinks off the coast of North Cape in after being attacked by the  late the previous evening.
 * - The play  by is first publicly performed.
 * 1944  - :  troops repulse  forces at.
 * - and  are created.
 * - The opens in.
 * - Twenty-six inches of falls in 16 hours in.
 * - is arrested in  and accused of treason and conspiracy.
 * - The first is celebrated by, the chair of  at.
 * - reaches  but is not such a display as expected.
 * 1973  -  lands on  after a week in orbit.
 * - is launched.
 * - The goes into service in.
 * - The is founded.
 * - Special forces troops take over presidential palace in,.
 * 1979  - Opening night of the  at the ; a benefit concert for the citizens of  who were victims of dictator
 * - puts the  into service.
 * - 's was for the first time given to a non-human, the.
 * - The first long-running American television, , airs its final episode after thirty-five years on the air.
 * - The in, the  begin.
 * - meets and formally dissolves the.
 * - Start of the in n history.
 * 1996  - The  goes into force.
 * - The Soufriere Hills volcano on the island of explodes, creating a small  offshore.
 * - announced its intention to fire upon  and  warplanes that patrol the northern and southern.
 * 1998  - Severe gales over, northern , and southern  cause widespread disruption and widespread power outages in  and southern.
 * - Severe weather in kills over 100 people and causes extensive damage to property and trees and the French national power grid (see ).
 * - French   says  has delivered the first of a supposed five  babies through.
 * - A strong magnitude 6.6 devastates southeast ian city of, killing tens of thousands and destroying the citadel of.
 * - An measuring 9.3 on the  creates a  causing devastation in, , , , , The  and many other areas around the rim of the , killing more than 200,000.

Births

 * - (d. )
 * -, German classical scholar (d. )
 * -, Korean Confucian scholar (d. )
 * -, English settler in Virginia (d. )
 * -, Tenth Guru of (d. )
 * -, German musician (d. )
 * -, English writer (d. )
 * 1716  -, French poet (d. )
 * -, German writer (d. )
 * -, Austrian general (d. )
 * -, Austrian missionary and saint (d. )
 * -, queen consort of Naples (d. )
 * -, British mathematician (d. )
 * -, Metropolitan of Moscow (d. )
 * -, English mathematician and inventor (d. )
 * -, American novelist (d. )
 * -, Irish actor and playwright (d. )
 * -, U. S. admiral (d. )
 * -, French novelist (d. )
 * -, U.S. political figure (d. )
 * -, British politician, laureate (d. )
 * -, English cricketer (d. )
 * -, French artist (d. )
 * -, officer (d. )
 * -, American fiddler (d. )
 * -, American writer (d. )
 * -, Chinese military leader and politician (d. )
 * -, American writer (d. )
 * -, Russian painter (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, Cuban writer (d. )
 * -, Argentine actress and singer (d. )
 * -, English footballer and journalist (d. )
 * -, American actor
 * 1914  -, German actress (d. )
 * -, Greek politician, (d. )
 * -, American comedian (d. )
 * -, English actor (d. )
 * -, American comedian (d. )
 * 1927  -, British actor (d. )
 * 1927  -, baseball player
 * -, French singer and nightclub owner
 * -, English-born actor
 * 1930  -, French singer and songwriter
 * -, Australian television personality
 * 1933  -, American puppeteer
 * -, American singer
 * 1935  -, Canadian hockey player
 * -, British mathematician
 * 1937  -, American poker player
 * -, Iranian playwright and film director
 * 1938  -, Bangladeshi film director (d. )
 * -, Australian film director
 * -, American economist, laureate
 * 1940  -, American music producer
 * 1940  -,  pitcher
 * -, Swiss film director (d. )
 * -, Guatemalan president
 * 1942  -, former Governor of California
 * -, British actress
 * -, American talk show host
 * -, American baseball player
 * -, 34th Commandant of the USMC
 * -, American journalist
 * -, Foreign Minister of ,
 * -, British radio presenter
 * -, German musician
 * -, American baseball player
 * 1954  -, English actor
 * -, American politician
 * -, American essayist
 * -, British broadcaster
 * -, British engineer
 * -, Japanese animated film director
 * -, New Zealand actor
 * -, Irish actor
 * -, Danish-born drummer
 * -, American author
 * -, American model and actress
 * -, American professional wrestler
 * -, musician
 * 1970  -, Thai singer and actor
 * -, American actor and singer
 * 1971  -, American film director
 * 1971  -, Finnish footballer
 * -, Children's Author
 * -, Chilean tennis player
 * -, Czech actress (d. )
 * -, Japanese volleyball player
 * -, American singer
 * -, American soccer player
 * -, Japanese Actor/Model
 * -, Italian race walker
 * -, Japanese Idol
 * -, British

Deaths

 * -, French bishop
 * - (b. )
 * -, Duke of Milan (b. )
 * -, Emperor of the Mogul empire (b. )
 * -, French cardinal (b. )
 * -, German astronomer (b. )
 * -, French writer (b. )
 * -, French philosopher (b. )
 * -, English physician (b. )
 * -, American revolutionary leader (b. )
 * -, Italian critic and dramatist (b. )
 * -, French physiologist (b. )
 * -, German archaeologist (b. )
 * -, American artist (b. )
 * -, inventor of the (b. )
 * -, Russian literary critic and politician (b. )
 * -, French film and recording industries pioneer (b. )
 * -, Japanese philosopher (b. )
 * -, American professional wrestler and television personality (b. )
 * -, British athlete (b. )
 * -, 33rd (b. )
 * -, 11th president of (b. )
 * -, American comedian (b. )
 * -, American film director and writer (b. )
 * -, American sculptor (b. )
 * -, Indian actress (b. )
 * 1981  -, feminist writer (b. )
 * -, British actress (b. )
 * -, American gorilla specialist (b. )
 * 1985 -, American movie director (d. )
 * -, British-born actress (b. )
 * -, American oil tycoon and businessman (b. )
 * -, Canadian ice hockey player (b. )
 * -, Russian pianist (b. )
 * -, American murder victim (b. )
 * -, Greek philosopher and economist (b. )
 * -, American musician (b. )
 * 1999  -,  (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, English actor (b. )
 * -, American photographer (b. )
 * 2002  -, American cymbal manufacturer (b. )
 * -, British actor (b. )
 * -, Australian rules footballer (b. )
 * 2004  -, Norwegian mediator (b. )
 * 2004  - Sir, British businessman, husband of  (b. )
 * 2004  -, Finnish musician (b. )
 * 2004  -, American football player (b. )
 * 2004  -, South African pediatric heart surgeon (b. )
 * 2004  -, Lead singer/Guitarist of grindcore band,  (b. )
 * -, Canadian murder victim (b. )
 * 2005 -, American mezzo-soprano (b. )
 * 2005  -, Australian businessman (b. )
 * 2005  -, American actor (b. )
 * 2005  -, German submarine commander (b. )
 * -, 38th (b. )
 * 2006  -, Norwegian skier (b. )
 * -, 38th (b. )
 * 2006  -, Norwegian skier (b. )

Holidays and observances
December 26 is a public holiday in most Christian countries of Protestantism tradition but is not in many Roman Catholic countries. It is not a public holiday in the unless  falls on a  like it did in  and will again in, in which it is the observed federal holiday. In Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Suriname and Scandinavia, Christmas Day and the following day are called First and Second Christmas Day.
 * Second day of Christmas in Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Suriname and Scandinavia - a holiday without work. The celebration is more or less the same as, including the option going to Mass.
 * , a public holiday in, , the , and.
 * of and feast of, and
 * The first of the in Western.
 * in the.
 * in Ireland and the.
 * - (South Australian ), for the foundation of the  of  on   but commemorated on this day.
 * - Day of Goodwill, a public holiday
 * First day of
 * is commemorated in the on this date.
 * First day of street parade in the  (the second day is on the )

In, , , , , , , , , , , , , and , the 26th is known as the Second day of Christmas: Stefanitag in Austria, der zweite Weihnachtsfeiertag in Germany; Δεύτερη μέρα των Χριστουγέννων in Greece; Annandag Jul in Sweden; Anden Juledag in Denmark; Antroji Kalėdų diena in Lithuania; Andre Juledag in Norway; Tweede Kerstdag in Belgium and in the Netherlands; Annar dagur jóla in Iceland; Tapaninpäivä (St. Stephen's Day) in Finland; Karácsony másnapja in Hungary; drugi dzień Świąt Bożego Narodzenia in Poland. In some of these countries it is also a public holiday. This day is also known in as San Esteban, and in  as Santo Stefano.