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 1866
2nd » Harry Burleigh, American singer-songwriter (d. 1949)
10th » Louis Bolk, Dutch anatomist and biologist (d. 1930)
12th » Alfred Werner, Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize in Chemistry or Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1919)
14th » Roger Fry, English painter and critic (d. 1934)
16th » Wassily Kandinsky, Russian-French painter and theorist (d. 1944)
17th » Konrad Stäheli, Swiss target shooter (d. 1931)
21st » Maud Gonne, English-Irish actress and activist (d. 1953)
28th » Szymon Askenazy, Polish historian, educator, and diplomat, founded the Askenazy school (d. 1935)
Famous Deaths for December 1866
1st » George Everest, Welsh geographer and surveyor, namesake of Mt. Everest (b. 1790)