Events in History
Event of Interest
Dec 2 US President James K. Polk announces to Congress that the United States should aggressively expand into the West, a widely held belief termed "manifest destiny" by newspaper editor John O'Sullivan
James Knox Polk
- Dec 6 Alpha Sigma Phi Fraternity is founded at Yale College.
Event of Interest
Dec 17 German explorer Ludwig Leichhardt arrives in Port Essington after a nearly 4,800 km (3,000 mi) overland journey to explore Australia's Northern Territory
Ludwig Leichhardt
Birthdays in History
- Dec 12 Bruce Price, American architect, born in Cumberland, Maryland (d. 1903)
- Dec 23 Emmanuel-Persillier Lachapelle, Canadian physician and founder of Hôpital Notre-Dame, Montreal), born in Sault-au-Récollet, Montreal
- Dec 23 Gustave Ador, Swiss politician and President of the Confederation (1919), born in Cologny, Geneva, Switzerland (d. 1928)
Deaths in History
- Dec 3 Gregor MacGregor, Scottish con-man (b. 1786)