Portal:Belgium/Anniversaries/December/December 25

Christmas Day is celebrated
 * 800: coronation of Charlemagne as Holy Roman Emperor
 * 1875: birth of Pierre de Caters; first Belgian to fly an aircraft
 * 1898: death of Georges Rodenbach, Symbolic poet and novelist, author of Bruges-la-Morte
 * 1978: death of Raymond Braine, soccer player, the first Belgian professional player from 1930 on, when he played for Sparta Prague; he played 54 times for the Belgium national football team