Historical Events
Event of Interest
Dec 4 William Magear Tweed "Boss Tweed" (Tammany Hall, NYC) escapes from jail
Boss Tweed
- Dec 6 44th Congress (1875-77) convenes
Famous Birthdays
- Dec 2 Frank Reicher, German-American actor (King Kong, Son of Kong), born in Munich, Germany (d. 1965)
- Dec 3 Bernhard Lichtenberg, German clergyman and theologian, born in Ohlau, Prussian Silesia, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire (d. 1943)
- Dec 3 Max Meldrum, Scottish-Australian painter (founder of Australian Tonalism), born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 1955)
- Dec 4 Rainer Maria Rilke, Bohemian-Austrian poet and novelist (Ana, The City, Duino Elegies), born in Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary (d. 1926)
- Dec 5 Arthur Currie, Canadian soldier (fought in WWI), born in Napperton, Ontario (d. 1933)
- Dec 6 Evelyn Underhill, British Anglo-Catholic poet, born in Wolverhampton, England (d. 1941)
- Dec 12 Desideer Stracke, Flemish jesuit and literature historian, born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1970)
Gerd von Rundstedt
Dec 12 [Karl Rudolf] Gerd von Rundstedt, German field marshal during World War II (Commander-in-Chief in the West), born in Aschersleben, German Empire (d. 1953)
Gerd von Rundstedt
- Dec 14 Dobri Khristov, Bulgarian composer, born in Varna, Bulgaria (d. 1941)
- Dec 15 Friedrich Niggli, Swiss composer, born in Aarburg, Switzerland (d. 1959)
- Dec 15 Emilio Jacinto, Filipino poet and revolutionary, born in Tondo, Manila (d. 1899)
- Dec 19 Carter G. Woodson, American historian (African American studies), born in New Canton, Virginia (d. 1950)
- Dec 20 T. F. Powys, British novelist & short-story writer (Captain Patch, Goat Green), born in Shirley, Derbyshire
- Dec 22 Antoine Mariotte, French composer, born in Avignon (d. 1944)
- Dec 22 Johannes "Jan" Musch, Dutch actor (Dead Water), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1960)
- Dec 25 Theodor Innitzer, cardinal/archbishop Vienna
- Dec 25 Walter Lees, English cricket fast bowler (5 Tests, 26 wickets), born in Sowerby Bridge, Yorkshire, England (d. 1924)
Famous Weddings
Wedding of Interest
Dec 15 Sculptor Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi (41) weds Jeanne-Emilie Baheux Puysieux in Newport, Rhode Island
Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi
Famous Deaths
- Dec 10 Otogaki Rengetsu, zen nun/benefactress of Tessai, dies at about 84
- Dec 20 Michail P Pogodin, Russian historian/writer (Povesti), dies at 75
- Dec 22 Nikolay Alexeyevich Titov, composer, dies at 75
- Dec 25 Young Tom Morris, Scottish golfer (British Open 1868-70, 72), dies of pulmonary haemorrhage at 24
