December 1816

December 1816 in History

Events in History

Election of Interest

Dec 4 James Monroe is elected to become the 5th President of the United States, defeating Rufus King of the Federalist Party

5th US President James Monroe — 5th US President
James Monroe

Dec 10 Dutch regain Sumatra from the British
Dec 11 Citizens of Geneva thwarted Savoyard invaders
Dec 11 Indiana becomes 19th state of the Union
Dec 13 Patent for a dry dock issued to John Adamson, Boston
Dec 28 American Colonization Society organizes
Dec 30 The Treaty of St. Louis is proclaimed.

Birthdays in History

Dec 6 Henry Eustace McCulloch, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Rutherford County, Tennessee (d. 1895)
Dec 8 August Belmont, Prussian-American financier and diplomat (U.S. Minister to the Netherlands 1853-57), born in Alzey, Hesse, Germany (d. 1890)
Dec 13 Clement Claiborne Clay, American politician (U.S. Senator from Alabama), born in Huntsville, Alabama (d. 1882)

Werner von Siemens

Dec 13 [Ernst] Werner von Siemens, German inventor (siemens electrical conductance unit) and industrialist (Siemens corporation), born in Lenthe, German Confederation (d. 1892)

Industrialist and Inventor Werner von Siemens — Industrialist and Inventor
Werner von Siemens

Dec 18 Alfred Elzey Jones, Major General (Confederate Army), (d. 1871)
Dec 27 Eliakim Parker Scammon, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Whitefield, Maine (d. 1894)
Dec 29 Carl Ludwig, German physician and physiologist, born in Witzenhausen, Germany (d. 1895)

Weddings in History

Dec 30 English Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley (24) marries 2nd wife writer "Frankenstein" Mary Godwin (19) and daughter of early feminist writer Mary Wollstonecraft

Deaths in History

Dec 15 Charles Stanhope, 3rd earl Stanhope, English radical politician and scientist, dies at 63

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