11th » The United States Senate e.g U.S. Senate creates a select committee on finance and a uniform national currency, predecessor of the United States Senate Committee on Finance.
25th » The Handel and Haydn Society, oldest continuously performing arts organization in the United States, gives its first performance.
Famous Birthdays on December in 1815
8th » Adolph Menzel, German painter and illustrator (d. 1905)
10th » Ada Lovelace, English mathematician and computer scientist (d. 1852)
21st » Thomas Couture, French painter and educator (d. 1879)
31st » George Meade, American general and engineer (d. 1872)
Famous Deaths for December 1815
3rd » John Carroll (bishop) or John Carroll, American archbishop (b. 1735)