Historical Events on December 26

Decembrist revolt — 1825 revolt and attempted coup in the Russian Empire

Montevideo Convention — treaty

Erzincan earthquake of 1939 — 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Erzincan in eastern Turkey on December 27, 1939

Battle of the North Cape — 1943 arctic naval battle of World War II

dissolution of the Soviet Union — process leading to the late-1991 breakup of the USSR

2003 Bam earthquake — earthquake in Kerman Province, Iran

2004 Indian Ocean earthquake — megathrust underwater earthquake and subsequent tsunami in the Indian Ocean