Historical Events
- Dec 1 Dom Pedro crowned emperor of Brazil
Liszt's Debut
Dec 1 Franz Liszt, aged 11, debuts as a pianist in Vienna
Famous Birthdays
- Dec 3 Charles Adam Heckman, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Easton, Pennsylvania (d. 1896)
- Dec 5 Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz, American educator and the co-founder and first president of Radcliffe College, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1907)
- Dec 6 John Eberhard Faber, German-American pencil manufacturer and built 1st large-scale pencil factory in US, born in Stein Bavaria, Germany (d. 1879)
- Dec 8 Luther Prentice Bradley, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in New Haven, Connecticut (d. 1910)
- Dec 10 César Franck, Belgian composer and organist (Symphonic Variations), born in Liège, Belgium (d. 1890)
- Dec 10 Thomas Casimer Devin, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in New York City (d. 1878)
- Dec 15 Edward Stephen, Welsh musician and composer, born in Maentwrog, Merionethshire, Wales (d. 1885)
- Dec 16 Charles Edward Horsley, British organist, conductor and composer, born in London, England (d. 1876)
- Dec 23 Wilhelm Bauer, German engineer (built the Brandtaucher an incendiary submarine), born in Dillingen, Bavaria (d. 1875)
- Dec 24 Charles Hermite, French mathematician (proof that e is transcendental), born in Dieuze, France (d. 1901)
Matthew Arnold (1822-1888)
Dec 24 English poet and critic (Dover Beach), born in Laleham, England
- Dec 27 John Roberts, Welsh composer, minister and poet, born in Aberystwyth, Wales (d. 1877)
Louis Pasteur (1822-1895)
Dec 27 French bacteriologist (invented pasteurization), born in Dole, France
- Dec 28 William Booth Taliaferro, Brigadier-General (Confederate Army), born in Gloucester County, Virginia (d. 1898)
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