Historical Events
Event of Interest
Dec 4 William Magear Tweed "Boss Tweed" (Tammany Hall, NYC) escapes from jail
Boss Tweed
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/antifascist
- Dec 3 Max Meldrum, Scottish-born Australian painter (d. 1955)
- Dec 4 Rainer Maria Rilke, Austrian poet (Ana, The City, Duino Elegies), born in Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary (d. 1926)
- Dec 4 Joe Corbett, American baseball player (d. 1945)
- Dec 5 Sir Arthur Currie, Canadian soldier (d. 1933)
- Dec 6 Evelyn Underhill, British poet (d. 1941)
- Dec 12 Desiderius A Stracke, Flemish jesuit/literature historian
- Dec 12 Karl R G von Rundstedt, German gen-fieldmarshal (Normandy)
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, composer
- Dec 15 Friedrich Niggli, composer
- Dec 15 Emilio Jacinto, Filipino poet and revolutionary (d. 1899)
- Dec 19 Carter G. Woodson, American historian (African American studies), born in New Canton, Virginia (d. 1950)
- Dec 20 T F Powys, Wales, writer (Captain Patch, Goat Green)
- Dec 22 Antoine Mariotte, French composer, born in Avignon (d. 1944)
- Dec 25 Theodor Innitzer, cardinal/archbishop Vienna
- Dec 25 Walter Lees, cricketer (Surrey pace bowler toured for Eng 1905-06)
Famous Weddings
Wedding of Interest
Dec 15 Sculptor Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi (41) weds Jeanne-Emilie Baheux Puysieux in Newport, Rhode Island
Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi