Page 3: Historical Events In December - 06

1849  On December - 06 harriet Tubman escapes from slavery in Maryland   

1862  Pres Lincoln orders hanging of 39 Santee Sioux indians on this day in history.   

1864  Battle of Deveaux's Neck, SC on this day in history.   

1865  13th Amendment is ratified, abolishing slavery on December - 06.   

1865  Sebastian de Iradier, Spanish composer (Arreglito), dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1866  Chicago water supply tunnel 3,227 m into Lake Michigan completed on December - 06.   

1867  Giovanni Pacini, composer, dies at 71 on December - 06.   

1869  Jan de Liefde II, Dutch vicar/author (People's Welfare), dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1870  Joseph H Rainey, first black in the House of Reps (SC) on December - 06.   

1870  On December - 06 joseph H Rainey, 1st black in House of Reps (SC)   

1870  On December - 06 william S Hart, actor, silent Westerns (Wild Bill Hickok, Tumbleweeds)   

1872  On December - 06 william S. Hart (actor, director, silent screen star Wild Bill Hickock) was born This was the first TV show I watched in 1954   

1872  Mikulas Moyzes, composer on December - 06.   

1872  On December - 06 william S. Hart (actor, director, silent screen star: Wild Bill Hickock) was born This was the first TV show I watched in 1954   

1873  On December - 06 1st international football game in US: Yale 2, Eton (England) 1   

1873  Manuel Acuna, Mexican poet (Ante un Cadaver), dies at 24 on this day in history.   

1875  On this day in history 44th Congress (1875-77) convenes   

1876  City of Anaheim incorporated for 2nd time on December - 06.   

1876  The first crematorium in US begins operation, Washington PA on this day in history.   

1876  1st crematorium in US begins operation, Washington, Penn on December - 06.   

1877  On December - 06 thomas Edison demonstrates the first gramophone, with a recording of himself reciting 'Mary Had A Little Lamb'   

1877  On this day in history washington Post publishes first edition   

1877  On this day in history 1st sound recording made (Thomas Edison)   

1880  The Edmonton Bulletin, the first newspaper in Edmonton and in the province of Alberta begins publication on December - 06.   

1882  Atmosphere of Venus detected during transit on this day in history.   

1882  A Trollope, writer, dies on December - 06.   

1884  Aluminum capstone set atop Washington Monument, Washington DC on this day in history.   

1884  Aluminum capstone set atop Washington Monument, Wash, DC on December - 06.   

1884  Rose Schneiderman, NY state dept of labor sect (1937-44) on December - 06.   

1885  Albrecht Schaeffer, German writer (The General) on December - 06.   

1886  Joyce Kilmer, US, (male) poet (Trees) on December - 06.   

1887  On December - 06 joseph Lamb, composer   

1889  Jefferson Davis, Pres of Confederate States (1861-5), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1892  The birth of Sir Osbert Sitwell, British Writer on this day in history.   

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0846  Hasan al-Askari, Shia Imam (d. 874) was born on this day in history.   

1285  King Ferdinand IV of Castile (d. 1312) was born on this day in history.   

1421  On December - 06 birth of henry VI, king of England (1422-61, 1470-71)   

1478  On December - 06 birth of baldassare Castiglione, Italian diplomat and author (d. 1529)   

1550  On December - 06 birth of orazio Tiberio Vecchi, composer   

1586  Niccolò Zucchi, Italian astronomer (d. 1670) was born on December - 06.   

1608  George Monck/Monk, English general/gov of Scotland was born on this day in history.   

1637  On this day in history birth of sir Edmund Andros, English governor in North America (d. 1714)   

0343  Death of Saint Nicholas on this day in history.   

1185  Afonso I, the Conqueror, king of Portugal (1143-85), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1352  On December - 06 clement VI, [Pierre Roger], Pope (1342-52), dies   

1531  On December - 06 death of john Volkertsz Trimaker, Dutch anabaptist leader, beheaded   

1550  On December - 06 pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter, dies at 48   

1562  Jan van Scorel, Dutch painter/architect, dies on this day in history.   

1598  On this day in history elbertus Leoninus, Dutch lawyer/politician, dies at about 78   

1618  Death of Jacques-Davy Duperron, French cardinal (b. 1556) on December - 06.