The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1907-12-27
CHRIS TNAS
IN HISTORY
THE DATES UNCERTAIN


In 20 4. H. 'ippoIytus. a tnoolo.
gian, ainuuhc,d Nal Nr had discovered
thai Jesus was born ON . Wednesday,,
December nth IL m, long been hr.
lIryed that thr world was created at
the beginning a.. alrIug, and ii is probe
able that H,ppol, tuS selected this pu,-
iod aa lhe time uf the Au1unciatJon
ard December 18th as lhc actual birth
day for Chrlst
Christina Day 3O3, Witnessed the
M ssHcre Of ~ 400 Chrslians in Bithy-
nia, by soldiers uf the Roman Emperor
Dioclctjau who set ire to the town.
On Christmas day 500 'hnrlrmange
was crowned emperor of ,he Romans,
q title which German cWrrrOr9 held
ior 1000 years,
ON December 18th, S7s the English
soldiers while celebrating their "aasail
were surprised By the Dane Nnlroutcd
with great slaughter
Christmaa Of 1906 Witnessed the
browning Of william the Cpnlleror
as king Of England tie defeated
Harold TT the battle Of Hastings,
On Christmas day, ll56 Henry H.,
Of England took Of his crown during
diiu, service and placing ii on The
alter, lowed never 10 wear il again.
He never did.
At Chrisfnastide, li79. Thomas
A'Bcclet Archbishop Of Canterbury,
preached "a sermon IN which h. eNc0m-
inundated certain bishops who were
friends of the king. The king was 80
incensed that he asked If he had no
loyal knights who would "ril him Of
Of this pestllent priest. - -Four knights
who heard him Immediately FASTENED
to the cathedral, and Dragging, A.
Beckett down the steps of the high alter,
slew him with their swords.
On Christmas day, l2l4, the barons
Of England surrounded King John and
demanded tina, he sign the paper which
founded English liberty Magna Char
ter or the Grca, Charter,
Christmas Of 1865 saw the inst
tuplis parliament summoned.
Christmas, OF 1881, was the coolest
ever known in England The Thames
was frozen over and when the leo
broke up, London bridgr was carried
away. Birds and fish died from colt
and thousands nf people persisted.
On hriatmas morning, 1856, Edward
provided 70 grim entertainment for
London oy having thc Lord Mayor
publicly hanged.
In 1928 Edward it,, while ri0touS!y
celebrating the Christmas holiday was
seized b. hi subjects and thrown int"
the dungeons of Ken iwmtt Castle,
Another hanging occurred at CHRIST
mas, l4iJ. Giles de- Ketz, Of France,
1 the original "Bluebcard, was exc
cuted for Wandering his SIX wives,
Christmas day, 1850, SAW two Eng
fish armies measure their strength IN
the saugune battle of Wakefield
! In liSE tuuii'u> io,"i"l - NaIivi-
dad in Cuba on Christmas iay,
/ Christmas 1926, was gloomy. The
/ Black Plague WIS ravaEing Emoo",
and the festive day was called "ln'
Still Chris unas. y
/ iGiZ ushcrcd in the purilaua' Christ
mas 1t Was then considered q crime
TO roast si",oin Of beet, to lay a
block the more on the fire, or pat d
On Christina. day. 1858, James H.
who had hecn chased 0ut OF GngINua
for irving to re-,'tabtsn the Roman
, Catholic religion, landed n france.
Christmas Of l71j saw Washington
effect his Immortal "cros,iug Of tho
, Delaware.
1t Christmastide. 1868 President
Johnson announced the amnesty whili
helped to heal the scans oi the lac
Civil war a.,
IN Poland there is a procession of The
Christmas Star" 70 welcome the tes
i've season. BOYS go round the VII
lagos with a huge STAR symholaing tho
star Of Bethlehem Three boys lmpcr
senate TIN kings IF me East, Cnspar
Mclchor and BalthaaJr and go from
house to house singing carols to'
money They carry !ittic Uuprc
show also, in which he Nativity an,
other Scriptura plays ave performed
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