Historical Events In December - 01

1823  On December - 01 ernest Reyer, composer   

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 December - 01.   

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  On this day in history archibald Gracie Jr, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864   

1835  Hans Christian Andersen published his 1st book of fairy tales on December - 01.   

1835  Micah Jenkins, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 on this day in history.   

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

1840  Plague in Dalmatia on December - 01.   

1840  On December - 01 smallpox in South Africa   

1841  On this day in history 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  On December - 01 philip Spencer, 1st US naval officer condemned for mutiny, hanged   

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

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 this day in history.   

1847  Yellow fever in United States on December - 01.   

1847  On December - 01 influenza in Worldwide   

1848  On December - 01 cholera in Egypt   

1848  On December - 01 cholera in North America   

1850  On December - 01 peter Erasmus Lange-Muller, composer   

1852  On December - 01 telegraph company opens throughout Netherlands   

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

1864  On December - 01 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  Constant van Crombrugghe, Flemish monastery founder, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

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  Takeda Shingen, Japanese warlord (d. 1573) was born on this day in history.   

1525  Tadeáš Hájek, Czech physician and astronomer (d. 1600) was born on December - 01.   

1549  On December - 01 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  Philippus Rovenius, [Rouveen], apostile was born on December - 01.   

1580  On December - 01 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  On this day in history 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 December - 01.   

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

1377  On this day in history death of king Magnus II of Sweden (b. 1316)   

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

1433  On this day in history death of emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (b. 1377)   

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