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25 December

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1991

Dissolution of the USSR

On 25 December 1991, Mikhail Gorbachev resigned and the Soviet Union ceased to exist.

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From the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment

1642

Birth of Isaac Newton

On 25 December 1642, by the Julian calendar, the physicist Isaac Newton was born.

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Portrait of Isaac Newton, by Godfrey Kneller
Author : Godfrey Kneller Wikimedia Commons Licence : Domaine public Godfrey Kneller, 1689

From the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment

800

Coronation of Charlemagne

On 25 December 800, Charlemagne was crowned Emperor of the West by the Pope in Rome.

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