On December 25, history records 46 notable events, 225 famous births and 112 deaths, spanning the years 274 to 1025.
Events on this day include: A temple for Sol Invictus is dedicated in Rome by Emperor Aurelian. (274); Roman Emperor Constantine the Great elevates his youngest son Constans to the rank of Caesar. (333).
Notable people born on December 25 include John IV Laskaris (1250), Alice de Lacy, 4th Countess of Lincoln (1281), John Sutton, 1st Baron Dudley (1400).
Notable figures who died on this day include Anastasia of Sirmium (304), Pope Adrian I (795), Leo V the Armenian (820).
Events on 25 December 46
See all →Roman Emperor Constantine the Great elevates his youngest son Constans to the rank of Caesar.
Vetranio meets Constantius II at Naissus (Serbia) and is forced to abdicate his title (Caesar). Constantius allows him to live as a private citizen on a state pension.
Clovis I, king of the Franks, is baptized into the Catholic faith at Reims, by Saint Remigius.
Augustine of Canterbury and his fellow-labourers baptise in Kent more than 10,000 Anglo-Saxons.
Emperor Leo V is assassinated in the Hagia Sophia at Constantinople and is succeeded by Michael II.
The foundation of the Kingdom of Hungary: Hungary is established as a Christian kingdom by Stephen I of Hungary.
Public Holidays Around The World On This Day 128
Birthdays on 25 December 225
See all →Deaths on 25 December 112
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