When Congress reconvened on December 5, 1853, this group, termed the “ F Street Mess ”, along with Virginian William O. Goode, formed the nucleus that would insist on slaveholder equality in Nebraska.

He is even the subject of a Saint Stephen's Day ( celebrated on December 26 in the West ) Carol, written in 1853 that remains popular to this day, Good King Wenceslas.

* December 1 – Thomas Bradford ( British Army officer ), British Army officer ( d. 1853 )

* 1 December 1844 – 31 July 1853: Her Serene Highness Princess Alexandra of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

* 31 July 1853 – 21 December 1858: Her Highness Princess Alexandra of Denmark

In the consistory of 19 December 1853, he was elevated to the College of Cardinals, as Cardinal-Priest of S. Crisogono.

The first scientific naming of the species was by John Lindley in December 1853, who named it Wellingtonia gigantea, without realizing this was an invalid name under the botanical code as the name Wellingtonia had already been used earlier for another unrelated plant ( Wellingtonia arnottiana in the family Sabiaceae ).

A much larger shipment of seed collected ( also in the Calaveras Grove ) by William Lobb, acting for the Veitch Nursery at Budlake near Exeter, arrived in England in December 1853 ; seed from this batch was widely distributed throughout Europe.

Errico Malatesta ( December 14, 1853 – July 22, 1932 ) was an Italian anarchist.

Malatesta was born to a family of middle-class landowners in Santa Maria Capua Vetere, Italy ( in the province of Caserta ) on December 14, 1853.

Tillamook County, the twelfth county in Oregon to be organized, was established on December 15, 1853, when the Territorial Legislature approved an act to create the new county out of an area previously included in Clatsop, Yamhill and Polk Counties.

Coos County was created by the Territorial Legislature from parts of Umpqua County, Oregon and Jackson County, Oregon Counties on December 22, 1853.

Worth County was created from Dooly and Irwin counties on December 20, 1853, by an act of the Georgia General Assembly, becoming Georgia's 106th county.

Webster County was created by an act of the Georgia General Assembly on December 16, 1853, as Kinchafoonee County.

It was created December 7, 1853.

The county was created by the Georgia General Assembly on December 15, 1853, from a part of Baker County and was named after Charles Dougherty, a respected judge and lawyer from Athens, Georgia.

Dougherty County was created on December 15, 1853, from Baker County and named for Judge Charles Dougherty.

It was created on December 5, 1853.

In 1853 the town gained a post office named Colfax, and in December 1857 the name of the town itself became Colfax, by petition of the residents.

Union City was platted in 1838 and incorporated on December 6, 1853.

The schoolhouse was accepted on December 31, 1853, by the board of trustees of the Corporation of the Town of Liberty.

The Gadsden Purchase ( known as Venta de La Mesilla, or Sale of La Mesilla, in Mexico ) is a region of present-day southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico that was purchased by the United States in a treaty signed by James Gadsden, the American ambassador to Mexico at the time, on December 30, 1853.

* James Arthur Charles Liddell ( 28 December 1850 – 27 November 1853 ).

* 31 July 1853 – 21 December 1858: His Highness Prince Frederick of Denmark

In December 1978, there was media speculation that Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, might marry a Roman Catholic, although the rumours were never verified.

When in December 1978 there was media speculation that Prince Charles might marry a Roman Catholic, Powell defended the provision that excludes Roman Catholics from ascending the throne, claiming his objection was not rooted in religious bigotry but in political considerations.

While there are many competing claims for the earliest powered, heavier-than-air flight, the most widely-accepted date is December 17, 1903 by the Wright brothers.

The recent winter of 2009 / 2010 was an exception as there was a permanent snow cover from late December till early March.

Although there is no definite proof of the date of his birth, it has been suggested by Ukrainian historian Mykhaylo Maksymovych that it is likely 27 December 1595 ( St. Theodore's day ).

In December 2011, Rodrigo Carreras became the Costa Rican ambassador to Israel for the second time, after his posting there in the 1980s.

In December 1998 there were 20 days without sun recorded at Yeovilton.

In years in which there are 53 Sundays, the topic " Christ Jesus " occurs a third time, in December.

The second one happens on the evening of 24 December ; gifts are placed under the Christmas tree, usually in the absence of Santa-believing children ( many of whom are occupied with watching the sky in search of the first star ) if there are any in the family.

In Victoria on 21 December 2011, legislation was passed by the Victorian Parliament allowing new trials where there is " fresh and compelling DNA evidence, where the person acquitted subsequently admits to the crime, or where it becomes clear that key witnesses have given false evidence ".

After the results were announced on 9 December, there was violent unrest in Kinshasa and Mbuji-Mayi, where official tallies showed that a strong majority had voted for the opposition candidate Etienne Tshisekedi.

Under the Global and All-Inclusive Agreement, signed on 17 December 2002, in Pretoria, there was to be one President and four Vice-Presidents, one from the government, one from the Rally for Congolese Democracy, one from the MLC, and one from civil society.

Ghazi Mohammad Jan Khan Wardak staged an uprising and attacked British forces near Kabul in the Siege of the Sherpur Cantonment in December 1879, but his defeat there resulted in the collapse of this rebellion.

Consequently, Abbott studied in New York City under Achille Errani, and made her concert début there in December 1871.

As of December 2010, there were over 707, 000 EFTPOS terminals in Australia and over 28, 000 ATMs.

However, some such as Jayati Ghosh, professor of economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, have pointed out that prices have increased irrespective of supply and demand issues: Ghosh points to world wheat prices, which doubled in the period from June to December 2010, despite there being no fall in global supply.

In December 1960, he suggested the existence of a shell of visible dust particles around the earth some 600 to in space, beyond which there was a layer of smaller particles, a micrometre or less in diameter, extending 2, 000 to.

In November and December there are pleasant breezes, plenty of sunshine and comfortable temperatures.

On 31 December 2006 there were 1, 754, 182 people registered as living in Hamburg ( up by 6. 2 % from 1, 652, 363 in 1990 ) in an area of.

A naval blockade extending from the pre-war Greek border to Vlorë was also instituted on 3 December, isolating the newly established Provisional Government of Albania based there from any outside support.

In December there is a very pronounced sunshine gradient between the Sea of Japan and Pacific coasts, the former side can receive less than 30 hours and the Pacific side as much as 180 hours.

In December 1956, the year of his death, he was given a memorial retrospective exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art ( MoMA ) in New York City, and a larger more comprehensive exhibition there in 1967.

In the meantime, an Interim Political Authority ( IPA ), charged with reviewing the electoral structure in the country, was created in December 1998 and devised a proportional electoral system to ensure that there be opposition in the National Assembly.

After some instability during the first two decades of communist rule in Mongolia, there was no significant popular unrest until December 1989.

Though unaware of the British intention to settle Norfolk Island, which was not announced until 5 December 1786, Forster referred to “ the nearness of New Zealand ; the excellent flax plant ( Phormium ) that grows so abundantly there ; its incomparable shipbuilding timber ”, as among the advantages of the new colony.