Events in History
Event of Interest
Dec 1 Sherlock Holmes first appears in print in "Study in Scarlet" by Arthur Conan Doyle
- Dec 1 Sino-Portuguese treaty recognizes Portugal's control of Macao
- Dec 2 Amsterdam's Oscar Carrés Circus Theater opens
- Dec 2 French president Jules Grévy resigns
- Dec 5 Stanley's expedition reaches plateau at Lake Albert Congo
- Dec 10 Austria-Hungary, Italy and Great Britain sign Balkan military treaty
- Dec 17 Georges Feydeau's "Tailleur Pour Dames" premieres in Paris
- Dec 19 Jake Kilrain & Jem Smith fight 106 round bare knuckle draw
Birthdays in History
- Dec 3 Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni, Japanese imperial prince and 30th Prime Minister of Japan, born in Kyoto, Japan (d. 1990)
- Dec 13 Alvin York, American World War I soldier who led a famed attack on a German machine gun nest (Medal of Honor), born in Pall Mall, Tennessee (d. 1964)
- Dec 13 George Pólya, Hungarian mathematician, born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary (d. 1985)
- Dec 15 Pieter Geyl, Dutch historian (History of the Dutch Tribe), born in Dordrecht, Netherlands (d. 1966)
- Dec 17 Hermine Reuss, Empress of Germany and Duchess of Bohemia (d. 1947)
- Dec 17 Josef Lada, Czech painter (d. 1957)
- Dec 22 Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician (number theory), born in Erode, British India (d. 1920)
- Dec 25 Conrad Hilton, American hotel mogul (Hilton Hotels, world's 1st international hotel chain), born in san Antonio, New Mexico (d. 1979)
- Dec 26 Arthur Ernest Percival, British Army officer (d. 1966)
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