3rd » Eureka Rebellion named Battle of the Eureka Stockade: More than 20 gold miners at Ballarat, Victoria, are killed by state troopers in an uprising over mining licences.
8th » In his Apostolic constitution 'Ineffabilis Deus', Pope Pius IX proclaims the dogmatic definition of Immaculate Conception, which holds that the Mary (mother of Jesus) called Virgin Mary was conceived free of original sin.
Famous Birthdays on December in 1854
13th » Herman Bavinck, Dutch theologian and churchman (d. 1921)
23rd » Henry B. Guppy, English botanist and author (d. 1926)
Famous Deaths for December 1854
9th » Almeida Garrett, Portuguese journalist and author (b. 1799)