Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/December 26
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This is a list of selected December 26 anniversaries that appears on the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition may be controversial, or on a day that is or soon will be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors.December 26: Boxing Day; Kwanzaa begins; St. Stephen's Day in Western Christianity
- 1606 – The first recorded performance of William Shakespeare's King Lear, based on the legend of King Lear of Britain, was held.
- 1790 – French Revolution: Louis XVI of France gave his Royal Assent to the Civil Constitution of the Clergy, subordinating the Roman Catholic Church in France to the French government.
- 1898 – Physicists Pierre and Marie Curie announced the discovery of a new element, naming it radium.
- 1908 – Boxer Jack Johnson became the first African American Heavyweight Champion of the World after defeating Canadian Tommy Burns in Sydney.
- 2004 – An undersea earthquake in the Indian Ocean off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia generated a series of devastating tsunamis that killed more than 225,000 people in eleven countries (a tsunami in Ao Nang, Thailand pictured).
More events: December 25 – December 26 – December 27
