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, 1856
Day of Week 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)