December 25
The date recognized by the
Roman Catholic Church for the birth of Jesus Christ. Christmas was also known
as Yule (Anglo-Saxon) or Noel (French). 337 Earliest possible date that
Christmas was celebrated on Dec 25th. 352 First definite date that Christmas
was celebrated on Dec 25th.
498 French king Clovis baptized himself.
597
England adopted the Julian calendar.
795 Pope Adrian I died. The relationship
of Adrian to Charlemagne was considered an ideal expression of Church and State
in a united Christian society.
800 Charlemagne, King of the Franks, was crowned
the first Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Leo III in Rome.
875 Charles the Bald was
crowned Holy Roman Emperor.
1066 William the Conqueror was crowned king of
England, at Westminster Abbey, London.
1100 Baldwin of Boulogne was crowned the
first King of Jerusalem in the Church of the Nativity.
1156 Peter the Venerable
died. As Abbot of Cluny, Peter of Montboissier made great reforms to the
monastery that restored its influence in European religious politics.
1223 St.
Francis of Assisi assembled the first Nativity scene.
November
27
176 Emperor Marcus Aurelius granted his son
Commodus the rank of Imperator and made him Supreme Commander of the Roman
legions.
511 Clovis, King of the Franks
(Merovingian Dynasty) died.
1095 Pope Urban II declared the First Crusade to
reclaim sacred Christian sites from Islamic hands at the Council of
Clermont.
1295 the first elected
representatives from Lancashire were called to Westminster by King Edward I to
attend what later became known as "The Model Parliament".
1582
William Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway.
1703 The first Eddystone Lighthouse
(south west of Rame Head, UK) was destroyed in the Great Storm of 1703.
November
27
8 BC, Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) the great Roman lyric poet, died at
Venusia, in Apulia at age 56.
176 Emperor Marcus Aurelius granted his son
Commodus the rank of Imperator and made him Supreme Commander of the Roman
legions.
511 Clovis, King of the Franks
(Merovingian Dynasty) died.
1095 Pope Urban II declared the First Crusade to
reclaim sacred Christian sites from Islamic hands at the Council of
Clermont.
1295 the first elected
representatives from Lancashire were called to Westminster by King Edward I to
attend what later became known as "The Model Parliament".
1582
William Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway.
1703 The first Eddystone Lighthouse
(south west of Rame Head, UK) was destroyed in the Great Storm of 1703.
