Events in History Dec 4 Father Marquette builds first dwelling in what is now Chicago Birthdays in History Dec 25 Thomas Halyburton, Scottish theologian (d. 1712) Deaths in History Dec 9 Edward Hyde 1st earl of Clarendon, English PM (1660-67), dies at 65 Dec 21 Rutger van Haersolte, viceroy of Overijsselse, dies at about 66 1673 On This Day in History 1675