Page 3: Historical Events In December - 01

1823  On December - 01 ernest Reyer, composer   

1824  House of Reps begins to end election deadlock between JQ Adams, Jackson, WH Crawford & H Clay - Adams eventually declared president on December - 01.   

1824  House of Reps begins to end election deadlock between JQ Adams on this day in history.   

1825  On this day in history aleksandr I P Romanov, czar of Russia (1801-25), dies at 47   

1826  On this day in history william Mahone, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1895   

1831  On December - 01 erie Canal closes for entire month due to cold weather   

1832  Archibald Gracie Jr, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 on this day in history.   

1835  Hans Christian Andersen published his 1st book of fairy tales on December - 01.   

1835  On December - 01 micah Jenkins, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864   

1838  Van Diemen's Land gets its first library to boost morale on December - 01.   

1840  Plague in Dalmatia on December - 01.   

1840  On December - 01 smallpox in South Africa   

1841  Yellow fever in United States on December - 01.   

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 on December - 01.   

1842  On December - 01 philip Spencer, 1st US naval officer condemned for mutiny, hanged   

1843  On December - 01 1st chartered mutual life insurance company opens   

1844  On this day in history alexandra, Danish princess/Queen of Great Britain/Ireland   

1846  On December - 01 third cholera pandemic in Russia killing 1 million+ people   

1847  Agathe Grondahl, composer on December - 01.   

1847  On December - 01 typhus epidemic of 1847 in Canada killing 20,000+ people   

1847  Yellow fever in United States on this day in history.   

1847  On this day in history influenza in Worldwide   

1848  On December - 01 cholera in Egypt   

1848  On this day in history cholera in North America   

1850  Peter Erasmus Lange-Muller, composer on December - 01.   

1852  On December - 01 telegraph company opens throughout Netherlands   

1854  Armed Diggers prepare for confrontation with troops on Eureka Hill, Victcoria on December - 01.   

1864  On December - 01 fire in Brisbane destroys city area bounded by Queen, George, Elizabeth and Albert streets.   

1864  On this day in history raid at Stoneman: Knoxville, TN to Saltville, VA   

1865  On this day in history constant van Crombrugghe, Flemish monastery founder, dies at 76   

1868  John D Rockefeller begins anti oil war on this day in history.   

1871  Archie MacLaren, cricketer (424 Lancashire v Somerset 1895) on this day in history.   

1873  On this day in history charles JM Ruys de Beerenbrouck, premier of Neth (1918-25, 29-33)   

1874  On December - 01 dominicus Johner, composer   

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1081  On this day in history birth of louis VI of France (d. 1137)   

1083  On December - 01 birth of anna Comnena, Byzantine historian (d. 1153)   

1521  Takeda Shingen, Japanese warlord (d. 1573) was born on this day in history.   

1525  On this day in history birth of tadeáš Hájek, Czech physician and astronomer (d. 1600)   

1549  On this day in history birth of johan van der Veeken, merchant/co-founder (VOC)   

1566  On this day in history birth of philip, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, gov of Ft Gorinchem/Nijmegen   

1573  On this day in history birth of philippus Rovenius, [Rouveen], apostile   

1580  Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, French astronomer (d. 1637) was born on this day in history.   

0660  On December - 01 eligius/Eloy, French bishop of Tournay-Noyon/saint, dies   

1135  On December - 01 henry I Beauclerc, king of England (1st king that could read), dies   

1241  On this day in history death of isabella of England, wife of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1214)   

1374  On December - 01 magnus Eriksson, king of Norway/Sweden, dies   

1377  On December - 01 death of king Magnus II of Sweden (b. 1316)   

1417  Walraven I van Brederode, viceroy of Holland, dies on December - 01.   

1433  Death of Emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (b. 1377) on December - 01.   

1455  Lorenzo Ghiberti, Italian sculptor, dies at 77 on this day in history.