Christmas Eve in History

Guess what happened on Christmas Eve in each of the years listed

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Year	Event
563	Hagia Sophia repaired
1593	Storm hits north Holland
1715	Sweden occupies Norway
1777	Christmas Island is settled
1798	Start of second coalition
1799	French plot to overthrow Napoleon is exposed
1814	Treaty of Ghent
1818	"Silent Night" is composed
1851	Fire burns in library of congress
1865	KKK is formed
1877	Patent for phonograph is filed
1884	Belgium colonizes Congo
1893	First gas fueled engine
1895	Biltmore Estate opens
1904	Germany abolishes child slavery
1914	German plane bombs Dover
1924	Albania becomes a republic
1935	National Council of Negro Women forms
1939	Pope appeals for peace during WW2
1941	Ships return from attack on Pearl Harbor
1943	Eisenhower appointed supreme commander of allied forces
1946	French 4th Republic is founded
1948	First solar heated house
1948	Greek government disbands
1951	Libya gains independence
1989	Start of Liberian Civil War

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