Historical Events In December - 01

1823  Ernest Reyer, composer on this day in history.  

1824  On this day in history house of Reps begins to end election deadlock between JQ Adams, Jackson, WH Crawford & H Clay - Adams eventually declared president  

1824  On December - 01 house of Reps begins to end election deadlock between JQ Adams  

1825  Aleksandr I P Romanov, czar of Russia (1801-25), dies at 47 on December - 01.  

1826  William Mahone, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1895 on December - 01.  

1831  Erie Canal closes for entire month due to cold weather on December - 01.  

1832  On December - 01 archibald Gracie Jr, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864  

1835  On December - 01 hans Christian Andersen published his 1st book of fairy tales  

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 this day in history.  

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1840  Plague in Dalmatia on this day in history.  

1840  Smallpox in South Africa on December - 01.  

1841  Yellow fever in United States on this day in history.  

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 this day in history 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 this day in history third cholera pandemic in Russia killing 1 million+ people  

1847  Agathe Grondahl, composer on December - 01.  

1847  On this day in history typhus epidemic of 1847 in Canada killing 20,000+ people  

1847  Yellow fever in United States on December - 01.  

1847  Influenza in Worldwide on this day in history.  

1848  Cholera in Egypt on this day in history.  

1848  On this day in history cholera in North America  

1850  On December - 01 peter Erasmus Lange-Muller, composer  

1852  On this day in history telegraph company opens throughout Netherlands  

1854  On this day in history 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 on December - 01.  

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  On December - 01 archie MacLaren, cricketer (424 Lancashire v Somerset 1895)  

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

1874  Dominicus Johner, composer on this day in history.  

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1081  Louis VI of France (d. 1137) was born on December - 01.  

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

1521  On this day in history birth of takeda Shingen, Japanese warlord (d. 1573)  

1525  Tadeáš Hájek, Czech physician and astronomer (d. 1600) was born on December - 01.  

1549  On December - 01 birth of johan van der Veeken, merchant/co-founder (VOC)  

1566  Philip, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, gov of Ft Gorinchem/Nijmegen was born on December - 01.  

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

1580  On December - 01 birth of nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, French astronomer (d. 1637)  

0660  Eligius/Eloy, French bishop of Tournay-Noyon/saint, dies on this day in history.  

1135  Henry I Beauclerc, king of England (1st king that could read), dies on December - 01.  

1241  On December - 01 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  Death of King Magnus II of Sweden (b. 1316) on December - 01.  

1417  On December - 01 walraven I van Brederode, viceroy of Holland, dies  

1433  On this day in history death of emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (b. 1377)  

1455  On this day in history lorenzo Ghiberti, Italian sculptor, dies at 77