Page 3: Historical Events In December - 06

1849  On this day in history harriet Tubman escapes from slavery in Maryland   

1862  On December - 06 pres Lincoln orders hanging of 39 Santee Sioux indians   

1864  Battle of Deveaux's Neck, SC on December - 06.   

1865  13th Amendment is ratified, abolishing slavery on December - 06.   

1865  On this day in history sebastian de Iradier, Spanish composer (Arreglito), dies at 56   

1866  Chicago water supply tunnel 3,227 m into Lake Michigan completed on this day in history.   

1867  On December - 06 giovanni Pacini, composer, dies at 71   

1869  On this day in history jan de Liefde II, Dutch vicar/author (People's Welfare), dies at 54   

1870  On this day in history joseph H Rainey, first black in the House of Reps (SC)   

1870  Joseph H Rainey, 1st black in House of Reps (SC) on December - 06.   

1870  On this day in history william S Hart, actor, silent Westerns (Wild Bill Hickok, Tumbleweeds)   

1872  On this day in history william S. Hart (actor, director, silent screen star Wild Bill Hickock) was born This was the first TV show I watched in 1954   

1872  On this day in history mikulas Moyzes, composer   

1872  William S. Hart (actor, director, silent screen star: Wild Bill Hickock) was born This was the first TV show I watched in 1954 on this day in history.   

1873  1st international football game in US: Yale 2, Eton (England) 1 on this day in history.   

1873  On December - 06 manuel Acuna, Mexican poet (Ante un Cadaver), dies at 24   

1875  44th Congress (1875-77) convenes on December - 06.   

1876  City of Anaheim incorporated for 2nd time on December - 06.   

1876  The first crematorium in US begins operation, Washington PA on December - 06.   

1876  On December - 06 1st crematorium in US begins operation, Washington, Penn   

1877  Thomas Edison demonstrates the first gramophone, with a recording of himself reciting 'Mary Had A Little Lamb' on December - 06.   

1877  Washington Post publishes first edition on this day in history.   

1877  1st sound recording made (Thomas Edison) on this day in history.   

1880  The Edmonton Bulletin, the first newspaper in Edmonton and in the province of Alberta begins publication on December - 06.   

1882  Atmosphere of Venus detected during transit on December - 06.   

1882  A Trollope, writer, dies on this day in history.   

1884  Aluminum capstone set atop Washington Monument, Washington DC on December - 06.   

1884  Aluminum capstone set atop Washington Monument, Wash, DC on December - 06.   

1884  Rose Schneiderman, NY state dept of labor sect (1937-44) on December - 06.   

1885  Albrecht Schaeffer, German writer (The General) on this day in history.   

1886  Joyce Kilmer, US, (male) poet (Trees) on December - 06.   

1887  Joseph Lamb, composer on this day in history.   

1889  On this day in history jefferson Davis, Pres of Confederate States (1861-5), dies at 81   

1892  On this day in history the birth of Sir Osbert Sitwell, British Writer   

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0846  On December - 06 birth of hasan al-Askari, Shia Imam (d. 874)   

1285  On this day in history birth of king Ferdinand IV of Castile (d. 1312)   

1421  On December - 06 birth of henry VI, king of England (1422-61, 1470-71)   

1478  Baldassare Castiglione, Italian diplomat and author (d. 1529) was born on December - 06.   

1550  Orazio Tiberio Vecchi, composer was born on December - 06.   

1586  Niccolò Zucchi, Italian astronomer (d. 1670) was born on this day in history.   

1608  On this day in history birth of george Monck/Monk, English general/gov of Scotland   

1637  On this day in history birth of sir Edmund Andros, English governor in North America (d. 1714)   

0343  On this day in history death of saint Nicholas   

1185  Afonso I, the Conqueror, king of Portugal (1143-85), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1352  On this day in history clement VI, [Pierre Roger], Pope (1342-52), dies   

1531  On December - 06 death of john Volkertsz Trimaker, Dutch anabaptist leader, beheaded   

1550  On December - 06 pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter, dies at 48   

1562  On December - 06 jan van Scorel, Dutch painter/architect, dies   

1598  On this day in history elbertus Leoninus, Dutch lawyer/politician, dies at about 78   

1618  On December - 06 death of jacques-Davy Duperron, French cardinal (b. 1556)