Historical Events
Benedict Arnold Court-martialed
Dec 23 American revolutionary officer Benedict Arnold court-martialed for improper conduct and profiteering
- Dec 31 British fleet beat Dutch Merchant vessels
Famous Birthdays
- Dec 1 Pyotr Ivanovich Turchaninov, Russian church composer and choirmaster, born in Kiev, Russian Empire (d. 1856)
- Dec 12 Madeleine Sophie Barat, French saint and founder of the Society of the Sacred Heart, born in Joigny, Burgundy, France (d. 1865)
- Dec 14 Mariano Rodríguez de Ledesma, Spanish composer, born in Zaragoza, Spain (d. 1847)
- Dec 19 Auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers, French engraver, born in Paris, France (d. 1857)
Famous Weddings
Joséphine de Beauharnais & Alexandre de Beauharnais
Dec 13 Joséphine de Beauharnais, future Empress of the French, marries her first husband, Alexandre de Beauharnais, in Paris
Famous Deaths
- Dec 6 Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, French painter, dies at 80
- Dec 8 Nathan Alcock, English physician (b. 1707)
- Dec 15 Manuel Jeronimo Romero de Avila, Spanish theorist and composer, dies at 62
- Dec 18 Jan Punt, Dutch engraver, painter, illustrator and actor (Gideonschool), dies at 68
- Dec 23 Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, British admiral and politician (b. 1724)
- Dec 28 Gennaro Manna, Italian composer, dies at 64
