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, 1891
Day of Week 22nd » Asteroid 323 Brucia becomes the first asteroid discovered using photography.
Famous Birthdays on December in 1891
2nd » Otto Dix, German painter and illustrator (d. 1969)
2nd » Charles H. Wesley, American historian and author (d. 1987)
3rd » Thomas Farrell (general) known as Thomas Farrell, American general (d. 1967)
5th » Paul Kogerman, Estonian chemist and academic (d. 1951)
9th » Maksim Bahdanovič, Belarusian poet and critic (d. 1917)
10th » Nelly Sachs, German-Swedish poet and playwright, Nobel Prize in Literature called Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1970)
19th » Juhan Kallaste, Estonian cleric and actor (d. 1999)
19th » Edward Bernard Raczyński called Edward Bernard Raczynski, former Polish government-in-exile Presidents named President-in-exile of Poland (d. 1993)
21st » John William McCormack, American lawyer and politician, 53rd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 1980)
24th » Feodor Stepanovich Rojankovsky, Russian illustrator (d. 1970)
25th » Clarrie Grimmett, New Zealand-Australian cricketer (d. 1980)
26th » Henry Miller, American author and painter (d. 1980)