Historical Events In December - 01

1823  Ernest Reyer, composer on this day in history.   

1824  House of Reps begins to end election deadlock between JQ Adams, Jackson, WH Crawford & H Clay - Adams eventually declared president on December - 01.   

1824  House of Reps begins to end election deadlock between JQ Adams on this day in history.   

1825  On this day in history aleksandr I P Romanov, czar of Russia (1801-25), dies at 47   

1826  On this day in history william Mahone, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1895   

1831  On December - 01 erie Canal closes for entire month due to cold weather   

1832  Archibald Gracie Jr, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 on this day in history.   

1835  Hans Christian Andersen published his 1st book of fairy tales on this day in history.   

1835  On December - 01 micah Jenkins, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864   

1838  On this day in history van Diemen's Land gets its first library to boost morale.   

1840  On this day in history plague in Dalmatia   

1840  On December - 01 smallpox in South Africa   

1841  On December - 01 yellow fever in United States   

1842  On December - 01 midshipman Philip Spencer, son of Secretary of War John C. Spencer, is hanged for mutiny from the yardarm of the U.S.S. Somers, a small brig of war at sea in West Indian waters. He was convicted at a court-martial held on the ship of conspiring to organize a mutiny, murder the officers, and convert the captured ship into a pirate vessel   

1842  Philip Spencer, 1st US naval officer condemned for mutiny, hanged on December - 01.   

1843  On this day in history 1st chartered mutual life insurance company opens   

1844  Alexandra, Danish princess/Queen of Great Britain/Ireland on December - 01.   

1846  On December - 01 third cholera pandemic in Russia killing 1 million+ people   

1847  Agathe Grondahl, composer on December - 01.   

1847  Typhus epidemic of 1847 in Canada killing 20,000+ people on this day in history.   

1847  On December - 01 yellow fever in United States   

1847  On December - 01 influenza in Worldwide   

1848  Cholera in Egypt on December - 01.   

1848  Cholera in North America on December - 01.   

1850  On this day in history peter Erasmus Lange-Muller, composer   

1852  Telegraph company opens throughout Netherlands on this day in history.   

1854  On this day in history armed Diggers prepare for confrontation with troops on Eureka Hill, Victcoria.   

1864  Fire in Brisbane destroys city area bounded by Queen, George, Elizabeth and Albert streets on December - 01.   

1864  Raid at Stoneman: Knoxville, TN to Saltville, VA on December - 01.   

1865  Constant van Crombrugghe, Flemish monastery founder, dies at 76 on December - 01.   

1868  On December - 01 john D Rockefeller begins anti oil war   

1871  Archie MacLaren, cricketer (424 Lancashire v Somerset 1895) on December - 01.   

1873  On December - 01 charles JM Ruys de Beerenbrouck, premier of Neth (1918-25, 29-33)   

1874  Dominicus Johner, composer on this day in history.   

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1081  On this day in history birth of louis VI of France (d. 1137)   

1083  Anna Comnena, Byzantine historian (d. 1153) was born on December - 01.   

1521  On December - 01 birth of takeda Shingen, Japanese warlord (d. 1573)   

1525  On this day in history birth of tadeáš Hájek, Czech physician and astronomer (d. 1600)   

1549  On December - 01 birth of johan van der Veeken, merchant/co-founder (VOC)   

1566  On December - 01 birth of philip, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, gov of Ft Gorinchem/Nijmegen   

1573  Philippus Rovenius, [Rouveen], apostile was born on December - 01.   

1580  Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, French astronomer (d. 1637) was born on this day in history.   

0660  On this day in history eligius/Eloy, French bishop of Tournay-Noyon/saint, dies   

1135  On December - 01 henry I Beauclerc, king of England (1st king that could read), dies   

1241  Death of Isabella of England, wife of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1214) on this day in history.   

1374  On December - 01 magnus Eriksson, king of Norway/Sweden, dies   

1377  On December - 01 death of king Magnus II of Sweden (b. 1316)   

1417  Walraven I van Brederode, viceroy of Holland, dies on this day in history.   

1433  Death of Emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (b. 1377) on December - 01.   

1455  On this day in history lorenzo Ghiberti, Italian sculptor, dies at 77