Events in History
Event of Interest
Dec 3 Confederate General James Longstreet abandons his siege at Knoxville, TN

James Longstreet
- Dec 8 2,500 reported killed as result of fire at Jesuit Church of La Compana, Santiago, Chile
Event of Interest
Dec 8 Abraham Lincoln issues his Amnesty Proclamation and plan for Reconstruction of the South

Abraham Lincoln
Appointment of Interest
Dec 16 Braxton Bragg is replaced by Joseph E. Johnston as commander of the Confederate Army of Tennessee

Joseph E. Johnston
Birthdays in History
- Dec 2 Charles Ringling, American circus owner (Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus), born in McGregor, Iowa (d. 1926)
- Dec 5 Paul Painlevé, French Prime Minister (1917, 1925), born in Paris (d. 1933)
- Dec 6 Charles Martin Hall, American chemist and investor, born in Thompson, Ohio (d. 1914)
- Dec 7 Svetolik Ranković, Serbian writer (Forest King), born in Velika Moštanica, Principality of Serbia (d. 1899)
- Dec 7 Felix Calonder, Swiss politician (Free Democratic Party), born in Scuol, Switzerland
Annie Jump Cannon
Dec 11 Annie Jump Cannon, American stellar spectroscopist (Harvard-classification), born in Dover, Delaware (d. 1941)

Annie Jump Cannon
Edvard Munch
Dec 12 Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter and print maker (The Scream), born in Ådalsbruk, Løten, Norway (d. 1944)

Edvard Munch
- Dec 13 Johannes Weiss, German New Testament scholar, born in Kiel, Germany (d. 1914)
- Dec 15 Arthur Dehon Little, American chemist (patented rayon), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1935)
- Dec 16 George Santayana, Spanish philosopher/poet/humanist (Last Puritan)
- Dec 16 Ralph Adams Cram, American gothic architect (Cathedral of St Joan NYC)
Franz Ferdinand
Dec 18 Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria whose assassination in 1914 led to declarations of war in WWI, born in Graz, Austria (d. 1914)

Franz Ferdinand