Events in History
- Dec 3 First official US flag raised (Grand Union Flag) aboard naval vessel USS Alfred
- Dec 5 At Fort Ticonderoga, Henry Knox begins his historic transport of artillery to Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Historic Invention
Dec 16 Englishman Richard Arkwright receives a patent for his carding machine for use in cotton mills
- Dec 22 Continental navy organized with 7 ships
- Dec 31 Battle of Quebec in American Revolutionary War; Americans defeated trying to take British stronghold
Birthdays in History
Jane Austen
Dec 16 Jane Austen, English novelist (Pride and Prejudice), born in Steventon, England (d. 1817)