Page 3: Historical Events In December - 01

1823  Ernest Reyer, composer   

1824  House of Reps begins to end election deadlock between JQ Adams, Jackson, WH Crawford and H Clay - Adams eventually declared president   

1824  House of Reps begins to end election deadlock between JQ Adams.   

1825  Aleksandr I P Romanov, czar of Russia (1801-25), dies at 47   

1826  William Mahone, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1895.   

1831  Erie Canal closes for entire month due to cold weather.   

1832  Archibald Gracie Jr, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864   

1835  Hans Christian Andersen published his 1st book of fairy tales.   

1835  Micah Jenkins, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864   

1838  Van Diemen's Land gets its inaugural library to boost morale.   

1840  Plague in Dalmatia.   

1840  Smallpox in South Africa   

1841  Yellow fever in United States   

1842  Midshipman Philip Spencer, son of Secretary of War John C. Spencer, is hanged for mutiny from the yardarm of the U.S.S. Somers, a small brig of war at sea in West Indian waters. He was convicted at a court-martial held on the ship of conspiring to organize a mutiny, murder the officers, and convert the captured ship into a pirate vessel   

1842  Philip Spencer, 1st US naval officer condemned for mutiny, hanged.   

1843  1st chartered mutual life insurance company opens   

1844  Alexandra, Danish princess/Queen of Great Britain/Ireland   

1846  Third cholera pandemic in Russia killing 1 million+ people   

1847  Agathe Grondahl, composer.   

1847  Typhus epidemic of 1847 in Canada killing 20000+ people   

1847  Yellow fever in United States.   

1847  Influenza in Worldwide   

1848  Cholera in Egypt.   

1848  Cholera in North America   

1850  Peter Erasmus Lange-Muller, composer.   

1852  Telegraph company opens throughout Netherlands.   

1854  Armed Diggers prepare for confrontation with troops on Eureka Hill, Victcoria.   

1864  Fire in Brisbane destroys city area bounded by Queen, George, Elizabeth and Albert streets   

1864  Raid at Stoneman: Knoxville, TN to Saltville, VA.   

1865  Constant van Crombrugghe, Flemish monastery founder, dies at 76.   

1868  John D Rockefeller begins anti oil war.   

1871  Archie MacLaren, cricketer (424 Lancashire v Somerset 1895).   

1873  Charles JM Ruys de Beerenbrouck, premier of Neth (1918-25, 29-33)   

1874  Dominicus Johner, composer   

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1081  Louis vi of france: Louis vi of france (d. 1137)   

1083  Anna comnena: Byzantine historian   

1521  Takeda shingen: Japanese warlord   

1525  Tadeáš hájek: Czech physician and astronomer   

1549  Johan van der veeken: Merchant/co-founder (voc)   

1566  Philip: Earl of nassau-dillenburg, gov of ft gorinchem/nijmegen   

1573  Philippus rovenius: [rouveen], apostile   

1580  Nicolas-claude fabri de peiresc: French astronomer   

0660  Eligius/eloy: French bishop of tournay-noyon/saint,   

1135  Death of Henry i beauclerc: King of england (1st king that could read),   

1241  Isabella of england: Wife of frederick ii, holy roman emperor (b. 1214)   

1374  Magnus eriksson: King of norway/sweden,   

1377  Death of King magnus ii of sweden: King magnus ii of sweden (b. 1316)   

1417  Walraven i van brederode: Viceroy of holland,   

1433  Death of Emperor go-komatsu of japan: Emperor go-komatsu of japan (b. 1377)   

1455  Lorenzo ghiberti: Italian sculptor,