Page 3: Historical Events In December - 29

1862  Battle of Chichasaw Bayou: confederate armies defeat Gen Sherman.   

1864  Fire Dept celebrates 1st annual ball.   

1866  Joseph Limburg, liberal Second-Member of parliament (1905-19)   

1867  inaugural telegraph ticker used by a brokerage house, Groesbeck and Co, New York   

1867  1st telegraph ticker used by a brokerage house, Groesbeck and Co, NY   

1869  Bill Howell, cricketer (Australian bowler at turn of century).   

1871  Ferdinand Marcucci, composer, dies at 71.   

1876  11 passenger cars crash in a ravine near Ashtabula OH.   

1876  11 passenger cars crash in a ravine near Ashtabula Ohio, 92 die.   

1876  Pablo Casals, Vendrell Catalonia Spain, violinist/conductor/composer.   

1877  Grand Trunk Railroad workers strike to support fired members of Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers; strike broken by use of militia and unorganized workers.   

1877  Willem Sassen, Dutch attorney general on Curacao (Affair-S), dies.   

1879  Billy Mitchell, aviation hero Gen (WW I).   

1880  Jean-Fernand Vaubourgoin, composer   

1885  Gottlieb Daimler patents 1st bike (Germany).   

1887  Kiyoshi Nobutoki, composer.   

1888  Joseph Beran, Czech archbishop of Prague/cardinal.   

1890  300 Sioux Indians are killed by US troops at Wounded Knee, South Dakota.   

1890  Federal troops massacre 200+ captive Sioux at Wounded Knee, SD; Indian "war" in the west   

1890  The "Battle of Wounded Knee" ends the last major Indian resistance to white settlement in America.   

1890  The last ever battle between American natives and US troops takes place   

1890  US 7th Cavalry massacre 200+ captive Sioux at Wounded Knee, SD   

1890  Big Foot, Sioux indian chief, dies at Wounded Knee   

1891  Edison patents "transmission of signals electrically" (radio).   

1891  Leopold Kronecker, German mathematician, dies at 68   

1892  Emory Parnell, St Paul MN, actress (Rocket Man, County Fair).   

1894  Chris Rossetti, writer, dies at 64.   

1895  Dr L S Jameson begins failed raid on Johannesburg.   

1896  inaugural issue of newspaper Le Soleil is published.   

1896  David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexico, painter/muralist (Lib of Chile)   

1897  Hermann Heiss, composer   

1898  Jeanne Leleu, composer   

1898  Georg Goltermann, composer, dies at 74.   

1899  English fleet brings German postschip Bundesrath up.   

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1563  Francesco maria guaitoli: Composer   

1586  Francisco de moncada: Spanish earl of osuna/marquis of aytona   

1678  Gotthard wagner: Composer   

1709  Elisabeth petrovna: Tsarina of russia/daughter of peter the great   

1721  Madame de pompadour: Mistress of french king louis the 15th   

1743  Alexander van bylandt: Dutch military officer   

1767  Aime ambroise simon leborne: Composer   

1776  Charles macintosh: Scotland, patented waterproof fabric   

0721  Empress gemmei of japan: Empress gemmei of japan (b. 661)   

1141  Yue fei: Chinese general, executed   

1170  Death of Thomas beckett: Archbishop, assassinated by 4 knights of king henry ii   

1558  Death of Hermann finck: Composer,   

1563  Death of Sebastian castellio: French theologian (b. 1515)   

1619  Death of Antoine arnauld: French lawyer (philippica),   

1630  Death of Jan baptist stalpart van der wiele: Rc pastor/lyricist,   

1634  John albert vasa: Polish bishop (b. 1612)