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).
Famous Birthdays on December in 1855
5th » Clinton Hart Merriam, American zoologist, ornithologist, entomologist, and ethnographer (d. 1942)
29th » August Kitzberg, Estonian author and poet (d. 1927)
31st » Giovanni Pascoli, Italian poet and scholar (d. 1912)
Famous Deaths for December 1855
6th » William John Swainson, English ornithologist and entomologist (b. 1789)
15th » Jacques Charles François Sturm, French mathematician (b. 1803)