Today in History for December 1812
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Months in 1812: January February March April May June July August September October November
Historical Events
Events 1 - 5 of 5
2nd - James Madison re-elected president of US, E Gerry vice-pres
4th - Peter Gaillard of Lancaster, Pa patents a horse-drawn mower
11th - 1st newspaper on Curacao (Curacao Gazette & Commercial Advertiser)
12th - French invasion of Russia comes to an end.
29th - The USS Constitution under the command of Captain William Bainbridge, captures the HMS Java off the coast of Brazil after a three hour battle.
Famous Birthdays
Birthdays 1 - 14 of 14
4th - Elias Smith Dennis, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died 1894
6th - Robert Spear Hudson, English businessman (d. 1884)
14th - Charles J Canning, English earl/1st viceroy of British-Indies
15th - Isidor Dannstrom, composer
16th - William Grose, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1900
18th - Wiktor Kazynski, composer
20th - Achille Peri, composer
22nd - Johanne Luise Heiberg, Copenhagen Denmark, actress (Romeo & Juliet)
23rd - Samuel Smiles, Scotland, author (Self-Help, Character, Duty)
23rd - William Hauser, composer
24th - Henry Russell, composer
24th - Karl Eduard Zachariae, German jurist (d. 1894)
26th - Wilhelm Volkmar, composer
28th - Julius Reitz, composer
Famous Deaths
Deaths 1 - 6 of 6
12th - John Malchair, composer, dies at 82
13th - Marianne von Martinez, composer, dies at 68
20th - Sacagawea, Shoshone interpreter for Lewis & Clark, dies
23rd - Michel Delalande, composer, dies at 73
27th - Shneur Zalman of Liadi, Lithuanian rabbi and founder of Chabad Hasidism (b. 1745)
27th - Joanna Southcott, an English self-described religious prophetess.
