Events in History
- Dec 5 Foundation of Maceió in Brazil.
Historic Publication
Dec 23 "Emma" novel by Jane Austen is published by John Murray in London [1]
Birthdays in History
- Dec 8 Adolph Menzel, German painter and graphic artist, born in Breslau, Prussian Silesia (d. 1905)
Ada Lovelace (1815-1852)
Dec 10 English mathematician considered the first computer programmer, born in London
- Dec 21 Thomas Couture, French history painter & teacher, born in Senlis, France (d. 1879)
- Dec 22 Johann Jakob Bachofen, Swiss antiquarian & jurist, born in Basel, Switzerland (d. 1887)
- Dec 23 Henry Highland Garnet, American minister, abolitionist and diplomat, born in Maryland (d. 1882)
- Dec 26 Israel Bush Richardson, American Major General (Union Army), born in Fairfax, Vermont (d. 1862)
- Dec 31 George Gordon Meade, Spanish-American Major General (Union Army), born in Cádiz, Spain (d. 1872)
Deaths in History
- Dec 3 John Carroll, first Roman Catholic archbishop in the US, also known as the founder of Georgetown University, dies at 80
- Dec 7 Michel Ney, French marshal (Waterloo), murdered at 46
- Dec 20 Giovanni Meli, Sicilian poet (Buccolica), dies at 75
- Dec 22 Jose Maria Morelos, Mexican revolutionary priest executed by Spaniards
- Dec 29 Saartjie Baartman, Hottentot Venus, dies in Paris
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