Historical Events In December - 01

1823  Ernest Reyer, composer on December - 01.   

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

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

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

1826  William Mahone, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1895 on this day in history.   

1831  Erie Canal closes for entire month due to cold weather on this day in history.   

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

1835  On this day in history hans Christian Andersen published his 1st book of fairy tales   

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  Yellow fever in United States on December - 01.   

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 this day in history.   

1843  1st chartered mutual life insurance company opens on December - 01.   

1844  Alexandra, Danish princess/Queen of Great Britain/Ireland on this day in history.   

1846  On this day in history 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 December - 01.   

1847  Yellow fever in United States on this day in history.   

1847  On this day in history influenza in Worldwide   

1848  Cholera in Egypt on this day in history.   

1848  Cholera in North America on December - 01.   

1850  Peter Erasmus Lange-Muller, composer on December - 01.   

1852  On this day in history telegraph company opens throughout Netherlands   

1854  Armed Diggers prepare for confrontation with troops on Eureka Hill, Victcoria on December - 01.   

1864  On this day in history fire in Brisbane destroys city area bounded by Queen, George, Elizabeth and Albert streets.   

1864  Raid at Stoneman: Knoxville, TN to Saltville, VA on this day in history.   

1865  On this day in history constant van Crombrugghe, Flemish monastery founder, dies at 76   

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

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

1873  Charles JM Ruys de Beerenbrouck, premier of Neth (1918-25, 29-33) on this day in history.   

1874  On December - 01 dominicus Johner, composer   

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1081  On December - 01 birth of louis VI of France (d. 1137)   

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

1521  Takeda Shingen, Japanese warlord (d. 1573) was born on December - 01.   

1525  On December - 01 birth of tadeáš Hájek, Czech physician and astronomer (d. 1600)   

1549  On this day in history birth of johan van der Veeken, merchant/co-founder (VOC)   

1566  On this day in history birth of philip, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, gov of Ft Gorinchem/Nijmegen   

1573  On this day in history birth of philippus Rovenius, [Rouveen], apostile   

1580  On this day in history birth of nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, French astronomer (d. 1637)   

0660  Eligius/Eloy, French bishop of Tournay-Noyon/saint, dies on December - 01.   

1135  Henry I Beauclerc, king of England (1st king that could read), dies on this day in history.   

1241  Death of Isabella of England, wife of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1214) on December - 01.   

1374  On this day in history magnus Eriksson, king of Norway/Sweden, dies   

1377  Death of King Magnus II of Sweden (b. 1316) on December - 01.   

1417  Walraven I van Brederode, viceroy of Holland, dies on December - 01.   

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

1455  Lorenzo Ghiberti, Italian sculptor, dies at 77 on this day in history.