Day 2 Day History

Dec 01 1525

Tade Hjek Czech physician and astronomer (d. 1600)

Dec 01 1549

Johan van der Veeken merchantco-founder (VOC)

Dec 01 1566

Philip earl of Nassau-Dillenburg gov of Ft GorinchemNijmegen

Dec 01 1580

Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc French astronomer (d. 1637)

Dec 01 1634

John-Erasmus Quellinus [Quellien] Flemish painter

Dec 01 1671

John Keill Scottish mathematician born in Edinburgh Scotland (d. 1721)

Dec 01 1671

Francesco Stradivari Italian violin makerson of Antonius

Dec 01 1690

Philip Yorke 1st Earl of Hardwicke Lord Chancellor of England born in Dover Kent (d. 1764)

Dec 01 1716

Etienne-Maurice Falconet French sculptor (d. 1791)

Dec 01 1722

Anna Louisa Karsch Die Karschin German poet born in Hammer Silesia (d. 1791)

Dec 01 1724

Dismas Hatas Czech composer born in Vysok Mto (d. 1777)

Dec 01 1729

Giuseppe Sarti Italian composer born in Faenza (d. 1802)

Dec 01 1766

Nikolai Mikhailovich Karamzin Russian writer (d. 1826)

Dec 01 1805

Lungtok Gyatso 9th Dalai Lama born near Dan Chokhor Monastery (d. 1815)

Dec 01 1823

Ernest Reyer French opera composer born in Marseilles France (d. 1909)

Dec 01 1826

William Mahone Major General (Confederate Army) (d. 1895)

Dec 01 1832

Archibald Gracie Jr Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1864)

Dec 01 1835

Micah Jenkins Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1864)

Dec 01 1844

Alexandra Danish princessQueen of Great BritainIreland

Dec 01 1869

Eligiusz Niewiadomski Polish assassin of Gabriel Narutowicz (d. 1923)

Dec 01 1871

Archie MacLaren cricketer (424 Lancashire v Somerset 1895)

Dec 01 1873

Charles JM Ruys de Beerenbrouck premier of Neth (1918-25 29-33)

Dec 01 1878

Arthur B Spingarn US NAACP-chairman (1940-65)

Dec 01 1884

Torben Myer Danish actor (Girl Who Came Back Judgment at Nuremberg Sullivans Travels) born in rhus Denmark (d. 1975)

Dec 01 1884

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff German painter (d. 1976)

Dec 01 1886

Jack Crawford cricketer (England all-rounder in 12 Tests 1905-08)

Dec 01 1886

Pierre Kemp Dutch poet (Fugitives & Constants)

Dec 01 1886

Rex Stout American mystery writer (Nero Wolf novels) born in Noblesville Indiana (d. 1975)

Dec 01 1886

Zhu De Chinese general and politician (commander-in-chief of Eighth Route Army) born in Yilong Country Qing Dynasty (d. 1976)

Dec 01 1893

Ernst Toller German playwright President of Bavarian Soviet Republic (1919) born in Samotschin (d. 1939)

Dec 01 1893

Herman Griffith cricketer (pioneering WI pace bowler)

Dec 01 1897

Manuel A Neat Curacaos author (Nobleza di Coerazon)

Dec 01 1897

Cyril Ritchard Australian actor (Peter Pan Hans Brinker) born in Sydney New South Wales (d. 1977)

Dec 01 1626 Pasha Muhammad ibn Farukh tyrannical gov of Jerusalem driven out

Dec 01 1640 Portugal regains independence after 60 years of Spanish rule

Dec 01 1641 Massachusetts becomes the first colony to give statutory recognition to slavery

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