Events in History
- Dec 1 Dom Pedro crowned emperor of Brazil
- Dec 2 In San Salvador, a congress proposes incorporation into US
- Dec 6 Veterinary school in Utrecht opens
- Dec 12 Mexico officially recognized as an independent nation by US
Birthdays in History
- Dec 3 Charles Adam Heckman, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Easton, Pennsylvania (d. 1896)
- Dec 5 Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz, American educator and the co-founder and first president of Radcliffe College, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1907)
- Dec 6 John Eberhard Faber, German-American pencil manufacturer and built 1st large-scale pencil factory in US, born in Stein Bavaria, Germany (d. 1879)
- Dec 8 Luther Prentice Bradley, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in New Haven, Connecticut (d. 1910)
- Dec 10 Thomas Casimer Devin, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in NYC, New York (d. 1878)
- Dec 23 Wilhelm Bauer, German engineer (built the Brandtaucher an incendiary submarine), born in Dillingen, Bavaria (d. 1875)
- Dec 24 Charles Hermite, French mathematician (proof that e is transcendental), born in Dieuze, France (d. 1901)
Matthew Arnold (1822-1888)
Dec 24 English poet and critic (Dover Beach), born in Laleham, England
Louis Pasteur (1822-1895)
Dec 27 French bacteriologist (invented pasteurization), born in Dole, France
- Dec 28 William Booth Taliaferro, Brigadier-General (Confederate Army), born in Gloucester County, Virginia (d. 1898)
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