December is the twelfth and last month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars. It is one of seven months with the length of 31 days. December is the first month of meteorological winter in the Northern Hemisphere. In the Southern Hemisphere, December is the seasonal equivalent to June in the Northern hemisphere, which is the first month of summer. December is the month with the shortest daylight hours of the year in the Northern Hemisphere and the longest daylight hours of the year in the Southern Hemisphere.
December symbols: Its birth flower is the narcissus. The birthstones of December are the turquoise, zircon, and tanzanite. The zodiac signs for the month of December are Sagittarius (until December 21) and Capricorn (December 22 onwards).
Day of Week 17th » War of 1812: U.S. forces attack a friendly Lenape village in the Battle of the Mississinewa.
Day of Week 29th » The USS Constitution USS 'Constitution' under the command of Captain (United States O-6) Captain William Bainbridge, captures the HMS Java (1811) HMS 'Java' off the coast of Brazil after a three hour battle.
Famous Birthdays on December in 1812
6th » Robert Spear Hudson, English businessman and philanthropist (d. 1884)
12th » John Sandfield Macdonald, Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Premier of Ontario (d. 1872)
23rd » Samuel Smiles, Scottish-English author (d. 1904)
24th » Karl Eduard Zachariae von Lingenthal, German lawyer and jurist (d. 1894)