What Happened in December 1843

Historical Events

Dec 4 Robert Schumann's oratorio "Das Paradies und die Peri" premieres in Leipzig

Dec 6 Amsterdam-Utrecht railway opens
Dec 17 Henry Cole, founder of London's V&A Museum, commissions printing of the 1st Christmas card

Dec 19 "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens is published, 6,000 copies sold

Dec 6 Albert de Vriendt, Flemish historical painter and etcher, born in Ghent, belgium (d. 1900)

Dec 11 German pioneering bacteriologist (TB, cholera, Nobel Prize 1905), born in Clausthal, Hanover

Dec 13 George Stephănescu, Romanian composer, born in Bucharest, Romania (d. 1925)
Dec 21 Thomas Bracken, Irish-born New Zealand poet, born in Clones, County Monaghan (d. 1898)
Dec 23 Richard Conner, American Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient (d. 1924)
Dec 24 Lydia Koidula, Estonian poet, born in Vändra, Estonia (d. 1886)
Dec 29 Elisabeth of Wied [pseudonym Carmen Sylva], Queen consort of Romania and poet, born in Neuwied, Germany (d. 1916)

Dec 10 Author and religious leader Mary Baker Eddy (22) weds building contractor George Washington Glover (32) in Tilton, New Hampshire

Dec 26 US Navy flag officer David Farragut (42) weds Virginia Loyall

Dec 12 William I, King of Netherlands (1814-40), Prince of Orange, and Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1815-40), dies at 71
Dec 14 John Claudius Loudon, Scottish horticulturist, dies at 60
Dec 18 Thomas Graham, Lord Lynedoch, British Viceroy of India (b. 1748)