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).
Historical Events for December, 1835
Day of Week 9th » Texas Revolution: The Texian Army captures San Antonio, Texas.
Day of Week 17th » Great Fire of New York: Fire levels lower Manhattan.
Day of Week 28th » Osceola leads his Seminole warriors in Florida into the Seminole Wars called Second Seminole War against the United States Army.
Day of Week 29th » The Treaty of New Echota is signed, ceding all the lands of the Cherokee east of the Mississippi River to the United States.
Famous Birthdays on December in 1835
4th » Samuel Butler (novelist) named Samuel Butler, English author (d. 1902)
17th » Alexander Emanuel Agassiz, Swiss-American ichthyologist and engineer (d. 1910)
18th » Lyman Abbott, American minister, theologian, and author (d. 1922)