Historical Events Dec 22 Moravian missionary constructs 1st schoolhouse west of Allegheny Famous Birthdays Dec 7 Joseph Franz Maximilian Lobkowitz, Bohemian aristocrat and composer, born in Vienna (d. 1816) Famous Deaths Dec 12 Johann Gottfried Seyfert, German composer, violinist, dies at 41 Dec 28 Ernst J earl van/of Biron, Russian duke of Courland, dies at 82 1771 History by Year 1773