Music History Dec 5 Hector Berlioz's "Requiem" premiere at Les Invalides, conducted by François Habeneck Composer Hector Berlioz Dec 5 Uprising under William Lyon Mackenzie in Canada Dec 25 Battle of Okeechobee - US forces defeat Seminole Indians Dec 29 Canadian militia destroy Caroline, a US steamboat docked at Buffalo Dec 29 Steam-powered threshing machine patented in Winthrop, Maine 1836 Historical Events by Year 1838