Page 3: Historical Events In December - 01

1823  On this day in history ernest Reyer, composer   

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  On December - 01 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  On December - 01 hans Christian Andersen published his 1st book of fairy tales   

1835  On this day in history 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 December - 01 plague in Dalmatia   

1840  On December - 01 smallpox in South Africa   

1841  Yellow fever in United States on December - 01.   

1842  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 on this day in history.   

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

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 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 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 December - 01 cholera in North America   

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

1852  On December - 01 telegraph company opens throughout Netherlands   

1854  On December - 01 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  On this day in history raid at Stoneman: Knoxville, TN to Saltville, VA   

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

1868  On this day in history john D Rockefeller begins anti oil war   

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

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

1874  On this day in history dominicus Johner, composer   

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1081  Louis VI of France (d. 1137) was born on December - 01.   

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

1580  Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, French astronomer (d. 1637) was born on December - 01.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1374  Magnus Eriksson, king of Norway/Sweden, dies on this day in history.   

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

1455  On December - 01 lorenzo Ghiberti, Italian sculptor, dies at 77