- Dec 6 London becomes the world's first city to host licenced taxicabs
- Dec 9 Activist Marguerite Durand founds the feminist daily newspaper, La Fronde in Paris.
- Dec 12 Anti-Jewish violence breaks out in Bucharest, Romania
- Dec 12 Rudolph Dirks' 1st Katzenjammer cartoon strip in NY Journal
- Dec 12 Belo Horizonte, the first planned city of Brazil, founded
Treaty of Interest
Dec 14 Emilio Aguinaldo signs the Pact of Biak-na-Bato, to end hostilities and dissolve his government, in exchange for amnesty and "$800,000 (Mexican)" as an indemnity
Emilio Aguinaldo
- Dec 16 1st submarine with an internal combustion engine demonstrated
- Dec 27 Stanley Cup: Montreal Victorias beat Ottawa Capitals, 15-2
- Dec 28 Edmond Rostand's "Cyrano de Bergerac" premieres in Paris
- Dec 30 Province of Zululand annexed to Natal colony
- Dec 31 Brooklyn's last day as a city, it incorporates into NYC (1/1/1898)