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Birthdays in History

  • Dec 3 Francis P Kenrick, Irish/US archbishop of Baltimore
  • Dec 11 Hiram Paulding, American Rear Admiral (Union Navy), born in Cortlandt, New York (d. 1878)
  • Dec 17 Joseph Henry, American scientist and pioneer of electromagnetism, born in Albany, New York (d. 1878)

Deaths in History

  • Dec 1 Oliver Wolcott, US judge, signed US Declaration of Independence, dies at 71
  • Dec 11 Richard Brocklesby, English physician (b. 1722)
  • Dec 26 John Wilkes, English radical, journalist (The North Briton) and politician, dies at 72