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In December 1821, Nathaniel Palmer, an American sealer looking for seal breeding grounds, sighted what is now known as the Antarctic Peninsula, located in the continent's northwestern quadrant.
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After several attempts and hardships, ACS representatives in December 1821 succeeded, perhaps with some threat of force ( see American Colonization Society ), to buy Cape Mesurado, a 36-mile long strip of land near current day Monrovia, from the indigenous ruler King Peter.
* December 12 – Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria, Prince Regent of Bavaria ( b. 1821 )
* December 23 – Frederick Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury ( b. 1821 )
* December 3 – Mary Baker Eddy, American religious leader ( b. 1821 )
* December 8 – William Henry Vanderbilt, American entrepreneur ( b. 1821 )
* December 6 – August Schleicher, German linguist ( b. 1821 )
* December 8 – Pafnuty Chebyshev, Russian mathematician ( b. 1821 )
* December 11 – William Milligan, Scottish theologian ( b. 1821 )
* December 1, 1821 – The Dominican Republic declares independence from Spain only to be invaded by Haiti in 1822 ( see History of the Dominican Republic ).
* Andronico ( 26 December 1821, Teatro La Fenice, Venice )
Clarissa Harlowe " Clara " Barton ( December 25, 1821 – April 12, 1912 ) was a pioneer American teacher, patent clerk, nurse, and humanitarian.
Its post office was opened in 1821, and the settlement was incorporated as Blountsville on December 13, 1827.
Covington County was established on December 17, 1821.
Decatur County was established by the Alabama Legislature on December 7, 1821.
Pike County was named from general Zebulon Montgomery Pike of New Jersey, being one of the oldest counties, established on December 17, 1821.
The Act of Legislature of Alabama of December 18, 1821 provided that until the Commissioners of the County of Pike should select a site for the seat of justice, the temporary seat was established at the house of Andrew Townsend in said county.
Thomas Johann Seebeck ( pronounced ; 9 April 1770 – 10 December 1831 ) was a physicist who in 1821 discovered the thermoelectric effect.
The county was officially organized on December 19, 1821.
The county was officially organized December 19, 1821, from parts of Ste.
The second county formed in Missouri ’ s Southeast Lowland Region, Scott County was created by the Missouri state legislature on December 28, 1821.
Pike County was founded on December 19, 1821.
It was created on December 24, 1821.
The county was created on December 9, 1822, from Houston County, which had been formed from land given up by the Creek Indians in the 1821 Treaty of Indian Springs.
John Crome ( December 22, 1768 – April 22, 1821 ) was an English landscape artist of the Romantic era, one of the principal artists of the " Norwich school ".
December and Nathaniel
* December 17 – Nathaniel Macon, American politician ( d. 1837 )
* December 6 – The South Orkney Islands are discovered by George Powell and Nathaniel Palmer.
* December 16 – Nathaniel Fiennes, English politician ( b. c. 1608 )
Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes ( born 22 December 1962 ), best known as Ralph Fiennes ((), is an English theatre and film actor.
On Wednesday 6 December Colonel Pride ’ s Regiment of Foot took up position on the stairs leading to the House, while Nathaniel Rich ’ s Regiment of Horse provided backup.
* Speaker: Nathaniel Macon, ( DR ), elected December 7, 1801
** Nathaniel Macon ( DR ), from December 13, 1815
Nathaniel Macon ( DR ), until December 13, 1815
* December 7-Richard Bellingham, later a character in Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter ( born 1592 )
* December 16 – Nathaniel Fiennes ( born c. 1608 )
Nathaniel Macon ( December 17, 1757June 29, 1837 ) was a spokesman for the Old Republican faction of the Democratic-Republican Party that wanted to strictly limit the United States federal government.
Nathaniel ’ s father ’ s parents were John Macon ( December 17, 1695 – March 31, 1752 ) and Ann Hunt ( 1697 – February 15, 1725 ), both of Virginia.
* December 6 – The South Orkney Islands are discovered by George Powell and Nathaniel Palmer.
David Nathaniel Baker Jr. ( born December 21, 1931 in Indianapolis, Indiana ) is an American symphonic jazz composer at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music in Bloomington.
* Orange County: Nathaniel Rochester, elected county clerk, seat declared vacant November 15, 1777 ; Thomas Burke elected to replace Rochester, took office December 1, 1777
Nathaniel Pitcher ( November 30, 1777 – May 25, 1836 ) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the eighth Governor of New York from February 11 to December 31, 1828.
On December 24, 1861, the United States Congress passed a resolution of thanks for the " eminent and patriotic services of the late Brigadier General Nathaniel Lyon.
With his brother Nathaniel, George Dance was a founder member of the Royal Academy, founded on 10 December 1768.
Nathaniel Lindley, Baron Lindley SL PC FRS ( 29 November 1828 – 9 December 1921 ) was an English judge.
Nathaniel Fiennes ( c. 1608 – 16 December 1669 ) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1640 and 1659.
Duncan Nathaniel Ingraham ( 6 December 1802 – 16 October 1891 ) was an officer in the United States Navy who later served in the Confederate States Navy.
Nathaniel Shilkret ( December 25, 1889 – February 18, 1982 ) was an American composer, conductor, clarinetist, pianist, business executive, and music director born in New York City, New York to an Austrian immigrant family.
Nathaniel Newton ( born December 20, 1961 in Orlando, Florida ) is a former American football offensive lineman in the National Football League who played for the Dallas Cowboys ( 1986 – 1998 ) and the Carolina Panthers ( 1999 ).
The army saw little action the rest of 1862 and Butler was replaced by Major General Nathaniel P. Banks on December 17.
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