Events in History
- Dec 2 Austrian army occupies Brussels
- Dec 6 The U.S. Congress moves from New York City to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- Dec 17 Aztec calendar stone discovered in Mexico City
Event of Interest
Dec 20 1st successful US cotton mill begins spinning yarn in Pawtucket, Rhode Island built by Samuel Slater based on Richard Arkwright's design
- Dec 22 Supposedly impenetrable Turkish fortress of Izmail stormed and captured by Suvorov and his Russian armies during the Russo-Turkish War (1787–92)
Birthdays in History
- Dec 16 Leopold I, King of Belgium (1831-65), born in Ehrenburg Palace, Coburg, Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1865)
- Dec 19 William Parry, English Arctic explorer (Parry Channel), born in Bath, England (d. 1855)
- Dec 23 Jean-Francois Champollion, French scolar who deciphered Egyptian hieroglyphics with Rosetta Stone, born in Figeac, France (d. 1832)
Deaths in History
- Dec 12 Mikhail Shcherbatov, Russian philosopher and writer, dies at 57
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