Historical Events
Berlioz's Requiem
Dec 5 Hector Berlioz's "Requiem" premiere at Les Invalides, conducted by François Habeneck
Famous Birthdays
- Dec 2 Charles Garrison Harker, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Swedesboro, New Jersey (d. 1864)
- Dec 9 Émile Waldteufel [Charles Émile Lévy], French pianist and composer (Estudiantina; Les Patineurs - The Skaters' Waltz), born in Strasbourg, France (d. 1915)
- Dec 14 William Wells, American businessman, politician, and Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Waterbury, Vermont (d. 1892)
- Dec 18 Adolf Daens, Flemish priest, politician and founder of the Daensist movement, born in Aalst, Belgium (d. 1907)
- Dec 19 John Carpenter Carter, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1864)
- Dec 24 Empress Elisabeth of Austria, born in Munich, Germany (d. 1898)
- Dec 25 Cosima Liszt, Austrian wife of composer Richard Wagner (founded Bayreuth Festival together), daughter of Franz Liszt and Marie d'Agoult, born in Bellagio, Lombardy, Austrian Empire (d. 1930)
George Dewey (1837-1917)
Dec 26 American admiral, naval hero in Battle of Manila Bay, born in Montpelier, Vermont
