9th » The Iranian city of Bushehr surrenders to occupying British forces.
Famous Birthdays on December in 1856
11th » Georgi Plekhanov, Russian philosopher, theorist, and author (d. 1918)
13th » Svetozar Boroević, Croatian-Austrian field marshal (d. 1920)
18th » J. J. Thomson, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physics named Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1940)
22nd » Frank B. Kellogg, American lawyer and politician, 45th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Peace Prize called Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1937)
25th » Pud Galvin, American baseball player (d. 1902)
25th » Hans von Bartels, German painter (d. 1913)
28th » Woodrow Wilson, American historian and politician, 28th President of the United States, Nobel Peace Prize called Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1924)
29th » Thomas Joannes Stieltjes, Dutch-French mathematician and academic (d. 1894)
Famous Deaths for December 1856
20th » Francesco Bentivegna, Italian activist (b. 1820)