Historical Events
- Dec 18 1st US newspaper to appear on Sunday (Baltimore Monitor)
Famous Birthdays
- Dec 9 Prudent-Louis Aubery du Boulley, French composer, born in Verneuil, Eure, France (d. 1869)
- Dec 17 Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Canadian novelist (The Clockmaker; or, The Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick of Slickville), born in Windsor, Canada (d. 1865)
- Dec 19 Manuel Breton de los Herreros, Spanish, poet, comic and playwright, born in Quel, Spain (d. 1873)
- Dec 27 Mirza Ghalib, Indian poet (d. 1869)
- Dec 29 Johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist, born in Hamburg, Germany (d. 1877)
Famous Deaths
Anthony Wayne (1745-1796)
Dec 15 American military leader (Legion of the United States), dies of gout at 51
- Dec 30 Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, French composer, dies at 45
