Page 3: Historical Events In December - 01

1823  On December - 01 ernest Reyer, composer   

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

1824  On this day in history house of Reps begins to end election deadlock between JQ Adams   

1825  On December - 01 aleksandr I P Romanov, czar of Russia (1801-25), dies at 47   

1826  William Mahone, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1895 on December - 01.   

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  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 December - 01.   

1840  Plague in Dalmatia on this day in history.   

1840  Smallpox in South Africa on December - 01.   

1841  Yellow fever in United States on this day in history.   

1842  On this day in history 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  1st chartered mutual life insurance company opens on this day in history.   

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  On December - 01 agathe Grondahl, composer   

1847  On this day in history typhus epidemic of 1847 in Canada killing 20,000+ people   

1847  On this day in history yellow fever in United States   

1847  Influenza in Worldwide on this day in history.   

1848  Cholera in Egypt on December - 01.   

1848  On this day in history cholera in North America   

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

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

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

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  Constant van Crombrugghe, Flemish monastery founder, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1868  John D Rockefeller begins anti oil war on this day in history.   

1871  On December - 01 archie MacLaren, cricketer (424 Lancashire v Somerset 1895)   

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  Louis VI of France (d. 1137) was born on this day in history.   

1083  On this day in history birth of anna Comnena, Byzantine historian (d. 1153)   

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 this day in history 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  On December - 01 birth of philippus Rovenius, [Rouveen], apostile   

1580  On December - 01 birth of nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, French astronomer (d. 1637)   

0660  On December - 01 eligius/Eloy, French bishop of Tournay-Noyon/saint, dies   

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  Magnus Eriksson, king of Norway/Sweden, dies on December - 01.   

1377  Death of King Magnus II of Sweden (b. 1316) on this day in history.   

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

1433  On December - 01 death of emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (b. 1377)   

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