Historical Events
Famous Birthdays
- Dec 2 Jean-Charles Chapais, Canadian politician (considered Father of the Canadian Confederation), born in Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada (d. 1885)
- Dec 8 Louis Schindelmeisser, German clarinetist and composer, born in Königsberg, Prussia (d. 1864)
- Dec 18 Alexander Sandor Asboth, Hungarian-American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Keszthely, Hungary (d. 1868)
- Dec 25 Wilhelm Emmanuel von Ketteler, German politician and bishop of Mainz, born in Münster, Westphalia (d. 1877)
Famous Deaths
- Dec 7 Ignaz Spangler, composer, dies at 54
- Dec 8 Eliza Poe, English-American actress and the mother of the American author Edgar Allan Po, dies of tuberculosis at 23 or 24
- Dec 17 John Antes, American composer and missionary, dies at 71
- Dec 17 Louis Abel Beffroy de Reigny, French dramatist and composer, dies at 54
