Famous Birthdays
- Dec 7 W. R. Wister 'Father of American Cricket', American cricketer (1859 match USA vs Canada), born in Germantown, Maryland (d. 1911)
- Dec 10 Eugene O'Keefe, Canadian businessman and brewer (O'Keefe Brewery Company of Toronto Limited), born in Bandon, County Cork (d. 1913)
- Dec 16 Jean Abraham Oudemans, Dutch geographer and astronomer, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, (d. 1906)
- Dec 23 Wilhelm Freiherr von Tegetthoff, Austrian admiral (Helgoland/Lissa), born in Marburg, Styria, Austrian Empire (d. 1871)
- Dec 28 Robert Latimer McCook, volunteers Brigadier General (Union), (d. 1862)
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