Editing December 26 (section)

==Events==
===Pre-1600===
* [[887]] &ndash; [[Berengar I of Italy|Berengar I]] is elected as king of [[Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire)|Italy]] by the lords of [[Lombardy]]. He is crowned with the [[Iron Crown of Lombardy]] at [[Pavia]].<ref>[[Reuter, Timothy]] (trans.) ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20100226063634/http://www.medievalsources.co.uk/fulda.htm The Annals of Fulda]''. (Manchester Medieval series, Ninth-Century Histories, Volume II.) Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1992. p. 121</ref>
*[[1481]] &ndash; [[Battle of Westbroek]]: An army of 4,000 to 5,000 soldiers raised by [[David of Burgundy]], [[List of bishops and archbishops of Utrecht|Bishop of Utrecht]], attacks an armed mob of people from nearby [[Utrecht]] who were trying to avenge the massacre of the inhabitants of Westbroek.<ref name=burhmann>{{cite book|last=Bührmann|first=Frans C.|title=Bührmann's Geschiedenis van ons Vaderland van de vroegste tijden tot op heden. Vol. IV: Van het jaar 1433-1543|location=Amsterdam|publisher=Bührmann|date=1867|oclc=69226799|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NWxhAAAAcAAJ|page=98|language=Dutch}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1704]] &ndash; [[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.<ref>{{cite book|first1=Louis E.|last1=Fenech|first2=W. H.|last2=McLeod|author-link2=W. H. McLeod|title=Historical Dictionary of Sikhism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xajcAwAAQBAJ |year=2014|publisher=[[Rowman & Littlefield]] |isbn=978-1-4422-3601-1 |page=9|postscript=none}}; {{cite book|first=Nikky-Guninder Kaur|last=Singh|title=Sikhism: An Introduction|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w8yWAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT84 |year=2011|publisher=[[I.B.Tauris]]|isbn= 978-0-85773-549-2|pages=84–85}}</ref>
*[[1709]] &ndash; The opera ''[[Agrippina (opera)|Agrippina]]'' by [[George Frideric Handel]] premiered in Venice.<ref>Dean, Winton; and [[J. Merrill Knapp]] (1995), ''Handel's Operas, 1704–1726'' (Revised edition). p. 128. Clarendon Press, Oxford. {{ISBN|0-19-816441-6}}.</ref>
*[[1723]] &ndash; [[Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach]] led the first performance of [[Darzu ist erschienen der Sohn Gottes, BWV 40|''Darzu ist erschienen der Sohn Gottes'', BWV 40]], his first [[Christmas Cantata]] composed for Leipzig.<ref>{{cite web | last = Wolff | first = Christoph | author-link = Christoph Wolff | url = http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Pic-Rec-BIG/Koopman-C08-1c%5BErato-3CD%5D.pdf | title = On the first cycle of Bach's cantatas for the Leipzig liturgy (1723–1724) (III) | publisher = Bach Cantatas Website | date = 1998 | access-date = 4 December 2012 }}</ref>
*[[1776]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: In the [[Battle of Trenton]], the [[Continental Army]] under General [[George Washington]] executes a successful surprise attack and defeats a garrison of [[Hessian (soldier)|Hessian forces]] serving [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britain]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Fischer|first=David Hackett|title=Washington's Crossing|location=New York|publisher=Oxford University Press|date=2006|isbn=9780195181593|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Oreq1YztDcQC|pages=234–235, 512 fn.27}}</ref>
*[[1790]] &ndash; [[Louis XVI]] of France gives his public assent to [[Civil Constitution of the Clergy]] during the [[French Revolution]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Lever|first=Evelyne|title=Marie Antoinette: The Last Queen of France|location=New York|publisher=St. Martin's Griffin|date=2001|isbn=9780312283339|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5_VdPU55KCoC|page=245}}</ref>
*[[1793]] &ndash; [[Second Battle of Wissembourg (1793)|Second Battle of Wissembourg]]: France defeats Austria.<ref>{{cite book|last=Van Husen|first=William H.|chapter=Weissenburg, Second Battle of (December 1793)|title=Germany at War: 400 Years of Military History. Volume 4: U—Z|editor-last=Zabecki|editor-first=David T.|location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|publisher=ABC-CLIO|date=2014|isbn=9781598849806|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rCWMBQAAQBAJ|page=1430}}</ref>
*[[1799]] &ndash; [[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".<ref>{{cite book|last=Knight|first=Lucian Lamar|title=Georgia's Landmarks, Memorials, and Legends|location=Atlanta|publisher=Byrd Printing Co.|date=1913|oclc=1333051|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lEkUAAAAYAAJ|page=3}}</ref>
*[[1805]] &ndash; Austria and France sign the [[Peace of Pressburg (1805)|Treaty of Pressburg]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Holt|first1=Lucius Hudson|last2=Chilton|first2=Alexander Wheeler|title=A Brief History of Europe From 1789 to 1815|location=New York|publisher=Macmillan|date=1919|oclc=977176927|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7tkLAAAAYAAJ|page=223}}</ref>
*[[1806]] &ndash; Battles of [[Battle of Pułtusk|Pultusk]] and [[Battle of Golymin|Golymin]]: Russian forces hold [[First French Empire|French]] forces under [[Napoleon]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Stewart|first=Henry|title=Our Redcoats and Bluejackets: War Pictures on Land and Sea|location=London|publisher=John Hogg|date=1879|oclc=266089353|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cI8BAAAAQAAJ|page=85}}</ref>
*[[1811]] &ndash; A [[Richmond Theatre fire|theater fire]] in [[Richmond, Virginia]] kills 72 people, including the [[Governor of Virginia]] [[George William Smith (politician)|George William Smith]] and the president of the First National Bank of Virginia [[Abraham B. Venable]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Baker|first=Meredith Henne|title=The Richmond Theater Fire: Early America's First Great Disaster|location=Baton Rouge|publisher=Louisiana State University Press|date=2012|isbn=9780807143742|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Th9fDwAAQBAJ|pages=ix, 17, 34}}</ref>
*[[1825]] &ndash; Advocates of [[liberalism]] in Russia rise up against [[Nicholas I of Russia|Czar Nicholas I]] in the [[Decembrist revolt]], but are later suppressed.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Karnaukhova|first1=Oxana|last2=Verdugo|first2=Richard R.|chapter=Russian National Identity|title=National Identity: Theory and Research|editor-last1=Verdugo|editor-first1=Richard R.|editor-last2=Milne|editor-first2=Andrew|location=Charlotte, N.C.|publisher=Information Age Publishing|date=2016|isbn=9781681235233|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qAcoDwAAQBAJ|page=180 fn. 17}}</ref>
*[[1843]] &ndash; The discovery of [[octonions]] by [[John T. Graves]], who denoted them with a boldface '''O''', was announced to his mathematician friend [[William Rowan Hamilton|William Hamilton]], discoverer of [[quaternions]], in a letter on this date.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Sabadini |first1=Irene |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H-5v6pPpyb4C&dq=december%2026,%201843%20octonion&pg=PA168 |title=Hypercomplex Analysis |last2=Shapiro |first2=Michael |last3=Sommen |first3=Franciscus |date=2009-04-21 |publisher=Springer Science & Business Media |isbn=978-3-7643-9893-4}}</ref>
*[[1860]] &ndash; First [[Rules derby]] is held between [[Sheffield F.C.]] and [[Hallam F.C.]], the oldest football fixture in the world.<ref>{{cite news|title=World's oldest football teams play in derby|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-23471740|access-date=25 July 2016|publisher=BBC|date=27 July 2013}}</ref>
*[[1861]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: The [[Trent Affair|''Trent'' Affair]]: [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] diplomatic envoys [[James M. Mason|James Murray Mason]] and [[John Slidell]] are freed by the United States government, thus easing tensions between the U.S. and the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite book|last=Barney|first=William L.|title=The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Civil War|location=New York|publisher=Oxford University Press|date=2011|isbn=9780199782017|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vC5T-O9afXEC|page=323}}</ref>
*[[1862]] &ndash; American Civil War: The [[Battle of Chickasaw Bayou]] begins as [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] General [[William Tecumseh Sherman|William T. Sherman]] starts landing his troops in an attempt to advance on [[Vicksburg, Mississippi]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Jones|first=Terry L.|title=Historical Dictionary of the Civil War|location=Lanham, Md.|publisher=Scarecrow Press|date=2011|isbn=9780810878112|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VXEMyi7gS5IC|page=xxx}}</ref>
* 1862 &ndash; [[Dakota War of 1862]]: The [[Dakota War of 1862#Execution|largest mass-hanging in U.S. history]] takes place in [[Mankato, Minnesota]], where 38 Native American prisoners are hanged.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mprnews.org/story/2017/06/08/mankato-hangings-an-uneasy-topic-for-minnesota-schools|title=History we don't teach: Mankato hangings an uneasy topic for MN schools|last=Wastvedt|first=Solvejg|website=mprnews.org|date=9 June 2017 |access-date=2019-02-27}}</ref>
*[[1871]] &ndash; ''[[Thespis (opera)|Thespis]]'', the first [[Gilbert and Sullivan]] collaboration, debuts.<ref>{{cite book|last=Wren|first=Gayden|title=A Most Ingenious Paradox: The Art of Gilbert and Sullivan|location=Oxford, UK|publisher=Oxford University Press|date=2001|isbn=9780195301724|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y8dtxOyag2wC|page=24}}</ref>
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[Marie Curie|Marie]] and [[Pierre Curie]] announce the isolation of [[radium]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Strikman|first1=Mark|last2=Spartalian|first2=Kevork|last3=Cole|first3=Milton|title=Applications of Modern Physics in Medicine|location=Princeton, N.J.|publisher=Princeton University Press|date=2015|isbn=9780691125862|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FFgiBQAAQBAJ|page=68}}</ref>

===1901–present===
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[Babe Ruth]] of the [[Boston Red Sox]] is sold to the [[New York Yankees]] by owner [[Harry Frazee]], allegedly establishing the [[Curse of the Bambino]] superstition.
*[[1926]] &ndash; World premiere of [[Jean Sibelius|Sibelius]]'s tone poem ''[[Tapiola (Sibelius)|Tapiola]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=List of Sibelius' Works of the 1920s|url=http://www.sibelius.fi/english/musiikki/kron_1920-1929.htm|accessdate=2009-04-18|archive-date=2022-08-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815004023/http://www.sibelius.fi/english/musiikki/kron_1920-1929.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[1941]] &ndash; U.S. President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] signs a bill establishing the fourth Thursday in November as [[Thanksgiving (United States)|Thanksgiving Day]] in the United States.
*1941 &ndash; British Prime Minister Winston Churchill [[Winston Churchill's address to Congress (1941)|addresses a joint meeting]] of the U.S. Congress.<ref>{{Cite web |title=U.S. Senate: Churchill's Historic Speech to Congress |url=https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/senate-stories/churchills-historic-speech-to-congress.htm |access-date=2023-04-21 |website=senate.gov}}</ref>
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: German warship ''[[German battleship Scharnhorst|Scharnhorst]]'' is sunk off Norway's [[North Cape (Norway)|North Cape]] after a [[Battle of the North Cape|battle against major Royal Navy forces]].
*[[1944]] &ndash; World War II: [[George S. Patton]]'s [[United States Army Central|Third Army]] [[Siege of Bastogne|breaks the encirclement]] of surrounded U.S. forces at [[Bastogne]], Belgium.
*[[1948]] &ndash; Cardinal [[József Mindszenty]] is arrested in Hungary and accused of [[treason]] and conspiracy.
*  1948   &ndash; The last [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] troops withdraw from [[North Korea]].
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[The Beatles]]' "[[I Want to Hold Your Hand]]" and "[[I Saw Her Standing There]]" are released in the United States, marking the beginning of Beatlemania on an international level.
*[[1966]] &ndash; The first [[Kwanzaa]] is celebrated by [[Maulana Karenga]], the chair of [[Africana studies|Black Studies]] at [[California State University, Long Beach]].
*[[1968]] &ndash; The [[Communist Party of the Philippines]] is established by [[Jose Maria Sison]], breaking away from the [[Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas-1930]].
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Vietnam War]]: As part of [[Operation Linebacker II]], 120 American [[Boeing B-52 Stratofortress|B-52 Stratofortress]] bombers attacked [[Hanoi]], including 78 launched from [[Andersen Air Force Base]] in [[Guam]], the largest single combat launch in [[Strategic Air Command]] history.
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Tu-144]], the world's first commercial [[supersonic aircraft]], surpassing [[Mach number|Mach&nbsp;2]], goes into service.
*[[1978]] &ndash; The inaugural [[Paris-Dakar|Paris-Dakar Rally]] begins.<ref name="dakar1">{{cite web|title=History (dakar.com)|url=https://www.dakar.com/en/historical|publisher=Dakar|accessdate=2022-01-08}}</ref><ref name="pdf">{{cite web|title=History of Dakar – RETROSPECTIVE 1979-2007|url=http://www.dakar.com/2009/DAK/presentation/docs/histo_1979_2007_us.pdf|url-status=dead|publisher=Dakar|accessdate=2009-01-07|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100601010721/http://www.dakar.com/2009/DAK/presentation/docs/histo_1979_2007_us.pdf|archivedate=2010-06-01}}</ref>
*[[1980]] &ndash; Witnesses report the first of several sightings of [[Rendlesham Forest incident|unexplained lights]] near [[RAF Woodbridge]], in [[Rendlesham Forest]], [[Suffolk]], England, United Kingdom, an incident called "Britain's [[Roswell UFO incident|Roswell]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.suffolk.police.uk/aboutus/yourrighttoinformation/freedomofinformation/publicationscheme/idoc.ashx?docid=cdf0ea85-e6d5-4a75-bcd4-cb5e385eb526&version=-1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130715010101/http://www.suffolk.police.uk/aboutus/yourrighttoinformation/freedomofinformation/publicationscheme/idoc.ashx?docid%3Dcdf0ea85%2De6d5%2D4a75%2Dbcd4%2Dcb5e385eb526%26version%3D%2D1|title =  Unusual Lights Incident Rendlesham |archive-date = 15 July 2013 |publisher = Suffolk Constabulary |url-status=dead |work=suffolk.police.uk}}</ref>
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[United Express Flight 2415]] crashes on approach to the [[Tri-Cities Airport (Washington)|Tri-Cities Airport]] in [[Pasco, Washington]], killing all six people on board.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident British Aerospace 3101 Jetstream 31 N410UE Pasco-Tri-Cities Airport, WA (PSC)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19891226-0|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-01|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050421114121/http://www.aviation-safety.net:80/database/record.php?id=19891226-0 |archive-date=2005-04-21 }}</ref>
*[[1991]] &ndash; The [[Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union]] meets and formally [[Dissolution of the Soviet Union|dissolves the Soviet Union]], ending the [[Cold War]].<ref>{{cite book|first1=Zbigniew|last1=Brzezinski|author-link1=Zbigniew Brzezinski|first2=Zbigniew K.|last2=Brzezinski|first3=Paige|last3=Sullivan|title=Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States: Documents, Data, and Analysis|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Vt5OLD3vp4UC&pg=PR5|year=1997|publisher=[[M. E. Sharpe]]|isbn=978-1-56324-637-1|page=5}}</ref>
*[[1994]] &ndash; Four [[Armed Islamic Group of Algeria|Armed Islamic Group]] [[Aircraft hijacking|hijackers]] seize control of [[Air France Flight 8969]]. When the plane lands at [[Marseille]], a [[National Gendarmerie|French Gendarmerie]] assault team boards the aircraft and kills the hijackers.
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Ba'athist Iraq|Iraq]] announces its intention to fire upon U.S. and British warplanes that patrol the northern and southern [[Iraqi no-fly zones|no-fly zones]].
*[[1999]] &ndash; The storm [[Cyclone Lothar|Lothar]] sweeps across Central Europe, killing 137 and causing US$1.3 billion in damage.
*[[2003]] &ndash; The 6.6 {{M|w}} [[2003 Bam earthquake|Bam earthquake]] shakes southeastern [[Iran]] with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of IX (''Violent''), leaving more than 26,000 dead and 30,000 injured.
*[[2004]] &ndash; The 9.1–9.3 {{M|w}} [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami|Indian Ocean earthquake]] shakes northern [[Sumatra]] with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of IX (''Violent''). One of the largest observed [[tsunami]]s, it affected coastal and partially mainland areas of [[Thailand]], [[India]], [[Sri Lanka]], the [[Maldives]], [[Malaysia]], [[Myanmar]], [[Bangladesh]], and [[Indonesia]]; death toll is estimated at 227,898.
*  2004   &ndash; [[Orange Revolution]]: The final [[2004 Ukrainian presidential election|run-off election]] in Ukraine is held under heavy international scrutiny.
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[2006 Hengchun earthquakes|Two earthquakes in Hengchun, Taiwan]] measuring 7.0 and 6.9 on the [[moment magnitude scale]] kill two and disrupt telecommunications across [[Asia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/environment/EARTHQUAKE.asp?id=98556&callid=1|title= Clean up work begins after Taiwan quake|website=ND TV|date=December 27, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929135806/http://www.ndtv.com/environment/EARTHQUAKE.asp?id=98556&callid=1|archive-date=September 29, 2007}}</ref>
*[[2012]] &ndash; China [[High-speed rail in China|opens]] the [[List of high-speed railway lines|world's longest]] high-speed [[Beijing–Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong High-Speed Railway|rail route]], which links [[Beijing]] and [[Guangzhou]].
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[2015 Garland tornado|A violent EF-4 tornado]] hits [[Garland, Texas]], killing nine and injuring almost 500 others.<ref name=":5">{{cite web |last1=US Department of Commerce |first1=NOAA |title=12/26/15 North TX Tornado Outbreak |url=https://www.weather.gov/fwd/dec26tornadoes |access-date=3 August 2024 |website=weather.gov |publisher=National Weather Service Fort Worth TX}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |agency=Associated Press |date=2015-12-27 |title=Dallas area tornadoes leave 11 dead and dozens injured |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/dec/27/dallas-tornadoes-deaths-injuries-storms-southeast |access-date=2024-07-28 |work=The Guardian|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
*[[2021]] &ndash; [[2021 Garland shooting|Three people are killed]] when a 13-year-old opens fire on civilians at a [[Texaco]] convenience store in Garland, Texas.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-02-12 |title=Man found guilty in 2021 Garland shooting that left 3 teens dead. But his teen son, the suspected gunman, remains at large |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/12/us/garland-triple-homicide-father-charged-capital-murder/index.html |access-date=2024-10-09 |publisher=CNN}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-12-28 |title=Suspect arrested after Texas convenience store shooting that killed 3 |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/three-dead-one-critical-garland-texas-convenience-store-shooting-rcna10034 |access-date=2024-10-09 |publisher=NBC News}}</ref>