* May 19 – Sir Benjamin Baker, English civil engineer ( b. 1840 )

The act authorized Joshua R. Stone and Green Baker from White County, William Davis and Isaiah Warton from Overton County, John Brown and Austin Morgan from Jackson County, William B. Stokes and Bird S. Rhea from DeKalb County, and Benjamin A. Vaden and Nathan Ward from Smith County to study the Conner survey and select a spot, not more than two and one-half miles from the center of the county, for the courthouse.

" He was appointed to the Isthmian Canal Commission in 1904, and early in 1905 went to Panama as a member of the committee of engineers which subsequently reported in favor of a sea-level canal ... In 1904 Parsons was also appointed, together with the famous British engineers Sir Benjamin Baker and Sir John Wolfe-Barry, to membership on a board to pass on the plans of the Royal Commission on London Traffic.

* William Benjamin Baker, U. S. Congressman for Maryland's 2nd District, from 1895 to 1901.

Famous residents of Dennis Port include U. S. military hero Benjamin F. Baker.

Sir Benjamin Baker KCB KCMG FRS FRSE ( 31 March 1840 – 19 May 1907 ) was an eminent English civil engineer who worked in mid to late Victorian era.

* Benjamin Baker – Celebrating Frome's forgotten engineering hero

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An entirely different design was proposed by Sir Benjamin Baker and Sir John Fowler.

Work on a bridge for rail traffic eventually began in 1883, under the supervision of Benjamin Baker and John Fowler.

The project was designed by Sir William Willcocks and involved several eminent engineers, including Sir Benjamin Baker and Sir John Aird, whose firm, John Aird & Co., was the main contractor.

The Forth Bridge ( railway ) | Forth Bridge, designed by Sir Benjamin Baker and John Fowler ( engineer ) | Sir John Fowler, opened in 1890, and now owned by Network Rail, is designated as a Category A listed building by Historic Scotland.

* G. F. Händel: Admetus, king of Tessaley, Benjamin Britten, English Chamber Orchestra, Janet Baker, Ponto 1969

Some characters are allusions to persons involved in the construction of Forth Railway Bridge: Chief Engineer Arrol refers to the proprietor of the construction company, Sir William Arrol, whilst Engineers Baker and Fowler represent the two principal designers of the bridge, Sir Benjamin Baker and Sir John Fowler.

The sixteen unindicted co-conspirators were: Wolfe B. Lowenthal, Stewart E. Albert, Sidney M. Peck, Kathy Boudin, Corina F. Fales, Benjamin Radford, Thomas W. Neumann, Craig Shimabukuro, Bo Taylor, David A. Baker, Richard Bosciano, Terry Gross, Donna Gripe, Benjamin Ortiz, Joseph Toornabene, and Richard Palmer.

* Benjamin Howard Baker Everton player and Olympian.

He also designed, with Sir Benjamin Baker, major parts of London's drainage system, including east London sewage treatment works at Crossness and Barking on the south and north sides of the Thames respectively ( these were sited at the ends of the sewer outfalls created by Sir Joseph Bazalgette during the late 19th century ).

His final work was on the Central London Railway with Sir John Fowler and Sir Benjamin Baker.

Patrick went to work for his father and worked on Meik's harbours at Burntisland and Bo ' ness on the river Forth in Scotland before being asked by Sir Benjamin Baker to be resident engineer ( 1882 – 1885 ) on the foundations and piers of the Forth Bridge ( designed by Baker and Sir John Fowler ).

* May 19-Sir Benjamin Baker ( born 1840 ), civil engineer.

He failed to gain his party's nomination in 1932, losing to Benjamin Baker Moeur, and made another unsuccessful run in 1934.

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In 1935, when Arizona Governor Benjamin Baker Moeur sent 6 members of the Arizona National Guard to observe the dam's construction, they reported back that there was construction activity on the Arizona side of the river.

Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, KG, PC, FRS, ( 21 December 1804 – 19 April 1881 ) was a British Prime Minister, parliamentarian, Conservative statesman and literary figure.

Hansard records that on 15 December 1837, Benjamin Hawes asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer " whether it was the intention of the Government to give effect to the recommendation of the Commissioners of the Post-office, contained in their ninth report relating to the reduction of the rates of postage, and the issuing of penny stamps?

A check of the website Old Bailey for " Associated Records 1674-1834 " for an alleged trial in December 1801 and hanging of Sweeney Todd for January 1802 shows no reference ; the only murder trial for this period is that of a Governor / Lt Col. Joseph Wall who was hanged 28 January 1802 for killing a Benjamin Armstrong on 10 July 1782 on the isle of Gorée, West Africa, and the discharge of a Humphrey White in January 1802.

Yet Adorno ’ s work continued with studies of Beethoven and Richard Wagner ( published in 1939 as " Fragments on Wagner "), drafts of which he read to Benjamin during their final meeting, in December on the Italian Riviera.

* December 5 – In New York City, Benjamin Spock and Allen Ginsberg are arrested for protesting against the Vietnam War.

* December 15 – Lady Beaconsfield, wife of Benjamin Disraeli ( b. 1792 )

* December 25 – Benjamin Pierce, American politician ( d. 1839 )

* December 16 – Benjamin Andrew, American Continental Congressman for Georgia and member of the Georgia House of Representatives ( b. 1713 )

* December 13 – William Franklin, son of Benjamin Franklin ( b. 1731 )

* December 8 – Benjamin Constant, Swiss writer ( b. 1767 )

* December 21 – Benjamin Disraeli, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ( d. 1881 )

* December 5 – Madame Anne Brillon, French confidant of Benjamin Franklin ( b. 1744 )

Benjamin Franklin, who had negotiated with the Indians during the French and Indian War, protested vehemently against the Paxton massacre that took place at Conestoga, in western Pennsylvania, of December 1763, in which white vigilantes massacred Indian women and children, many of whom had converted to Christianity.

His maternal grandparents were Benjamin Davis Wilson ( December 1, 1811 to March 11, 1878 ), mayor of Los Angeles in 1851 – 1852 and the namesake of Southern California's Mount Wilson, and his second wife, Margaret Hereford.

In December, the FMG managed to cut Biafra in half, primarily by the efforts of 3 Marine Commando Division of the Nigerian Army, led by then Colonel Benjamin Adekunle-popularly called " The Black Scorpion "-and later by Olusegun Obasanjo.

After Lincoln installed Brigadier General George F. Sheply as Military Governor of Louisiana in May 1862, Sheply sent two anti-slavery representatives, Benjamin Flanders and Michael Hahn, elected in December 1862, to the House which capitulated and voted to seat them.

Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten, OM CH ( 22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976 ) was an English composer, conductor, and pianist ; and one of the central figures of twentieth-century British classical music.

Mary Anne Disraeli, 1st Viscountess Beaconsfield ( 11 November 1792 – 15 December 1872 ) was a British peeress and society figure, the wife of Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli.

The son of Benjamin Joule ( 1784 – 1858 ), a wealthy brewer, and Alice Prescott Joule, James Prescott Joule was born in the house adjoining the Joule Brewery in New Bailey Street, Salford 24 December 1818.

The county was founded December 14, 1818, and named for Major General Benjamin Lincoln of the American Revolutionary War.

Franklin County was formed on December 19, 1837, and named for Benjamin Franklin, American statesman.

Desha County is Arkansas's 40th county, formed on December 12, 1838, and named for Captain Benjamin Desha who fought in the War of 1812.

Benjamin Thorne, who came here from Dutchess County, New York in 1839, became the third postmaster on December 3, 1845.

, the Mayor of the Borough of Fair Haven is Benjamin Lucarelli, who was chosen in February 2012 to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mike Halfacre, whose term of office ends on December 31, 2014, and who left office to take a position in the New Jersey Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control, with Eric R. Jaeger in turn chosen in March 2012 to fill Lucarelli's vanacy on thee Borough Council.

On December 24, 1864, Union forces under Major General Benjamin F. Butler and Rear Admiral David D. Porter launched a two-day attack, but were beaten back.