Events in History
Battle of Interest
Dec 8 Battle at Amba Alagi: Ethiopian Emperor Menelik II drives Italian General Baratieri out
Menelik II
- Dec 29 Dr L S Jameson begins failed raid on Johannesburg
Birthdays in History
- Dec 1 Henry Williamson, English author (d. 1977)
- Dec 2 Klaas Voskuil, Dutch journalist, born in Zwolle, Netherlands (d. 1975)
- Dec 3 Anna Freud, Austrian-English psychoanalyst and daughter of Sigmund Freud, born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary (d. 1982)
- Dec 4 Fritiof Nilsson Piraten, Swedish writer (Bombi Bitt Och Jag), born in Vollsjö, Sweden (d. 1972)
- Dec 4 Fung Yu-lan, Chinese philosopher, born in Tanghe County, Henan, Qing Dynasty (d. 1990)
- Dec 5 Elbert Frank Cox, African-American mathematician (first African-American to receive PhD in Mathematics), born in Evansville, Indiana (d. 1969)
- Dec 14 Paul Éluard, French communist and poet, born in Saint-Denis, France (d. 1952)
- Dec 16 Lidj Jasu, emperor of Ethiopia
- Dec 19 Ingeborg Refling-Hagen, Norwegian author/poet (Loke Saar Havre)
- Dec 19 Maurice Roelants, Flemish novelist and poet (Komen en gaan, Prayer for a Good End), born in Ghent, Belgium (d. 1966)
- Dec 20 Susanne Langer, American philosopher & educator (Philosophy in a New Key), born in Manhattan, New York City
- Dec 24 E. Roland Harriman, American financier, born in NYC, New York (d. 1978)
- Dec 30 August De Boodt, Belgian politician
Weddings in History
Wedding of Interest
Dec 19 Poet Robert Frost (21) weds Elinor Miriam White in Lawrence, Massachusetts
Robert Frost