Historical Events
Music History
Dec 5 Hector Berlioz's "Requiem" premiere at Les Invalides, conducted by François Habeneck
Famous Birthdays
- Dec 2 Charles Garrison Harker, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Swedesboro, New Jersey (d. 1864)
- Dec 9 Émile Waldteufel, French pianist and composer (Estudiantina), born in Strasbourg (d. 1915)
- Dec 14 William Wells, American businessman, politician, and Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Waterbury, Vermont (d. 1892)
- Dec 18 Adolf Daens, Flemish priest, politician and founder of the Daensist movement, born in Aalst, Belgium (d. 1907)
- Dec 19 John Carpenter Carter, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1864)
- Dec 24 Empress Elisabeth of Austria, born in Munich, Germany (d. 1898)
- Dec 25 Cosima Liszt, wife of Austrian composer Richard Wagner
George Dewey
Dec 26 George Dewey, American admiral, naval hero in Battle of Manila Bay, born in Montpelier, Vermont (d. 1917)
