A new edition ( the first edition was resold in America ), released in December of the same year but carrying an 1866 date, was quickly printed and became an instant best-seller, securing Tenniel's lasting fame in the process.

On 21 December 1865 he was chosen vice-president of the diet, and in March 1866 became president of the sub-committee appointed by the parliamentary commission to draw up the Composition ( commonly known as the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 ) between Austria and Hungary, of which the central idea, that of the " Delegations ," originated with him.

Tristan Bernard ( 7 September 1866 – 7 December 1947 ) was a French playwright, novelist, journalist and lawyer.

The result was a submarine weapon, the Minenschiff ( mine ship ), the first self-propelled torpedo, officially presented to the Austrian Imperial Naval commission on December 21, 1866.

The result was a submarine weapon, the Minenschiff, the first real self-propelled torpedo, officially presented to the Imperial Naval commission on December 21, 1866.

Thomas Hunt Morgan ( September 25, 1866 – December 4, 1945 ) was an American evolutionary biologist, geneticist and embryologist and science author who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1933 for discoveries relating the role the chromosome plays in heredity.

# Arkansas ( April 6, 1868, after having rejected it on December 17, 1866 )

# Florida ( June 9, 1868, after having rejected it on December 6, 1866 )

# North Carolina ( July 4, 1868, after having rejected it on December 14, 1866 )

# South Carolina ( July 9, 1868, after having rejected it on December 20, 1866 )

* December 4 – Thomas Hunt Morgan, American geneticist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ( b. 1866 )

* December 22 – Beatrix Potter, British children's author and illustrator ( Peter Rabbit & Jemima Puddle-duck ) ( b. 1866 )

* December 14 – Tom Dowse, Irish major league baseball player in the 1890s ( b. 1866 )

* December 23 – William Henry Harrison, English cricketer ( b. 1866 )

* December 15 or December 16 – Billy Hamilton, American baseball player ( b. 1866 )

* December 10 – Matthias W. Baldwin, American locomotive manufacturer ( d. 1866 )

* Virginia ( 7 April 1866, Teatro S. Carlo, Naples ) December 1849-March 1850

He travelled to Vienna in December 1866 to conduct the first complete performance there of La damnation de Faust.

Clay County was established on December 7, 1866 from land taken from Randolph and Talladega County.

* 1866: Minenschiff, the first self-propelled ( locomotive ) torpedo, developed by Robert Whitehead ( to a design by Captain Luppis, Austrian Navy ), is demonstrated for the imperial naval commission on December 21.

But the treasure and the Iron Crown, after a stop in Verona, had been transferred to Vienna by the Austrians, all solemnly back at Monza only at the conclusion of the third war of independence, December 6, 1866.

Colonel Sir George Everest (; 4 July 1790 – 1 December 1866 ) was a Welsh surveyor, geographer and Surveyor-General of India from 1830 to 1843.

Bullock County was established on December 5, 1866.

If you use a fiscal year, a year ending on the last day of any month other than December, your return is due on or before the 15th day of the 4th month after the close of your tax year.

The London Universe devoted its centenary issue last December 8 to mapping out various aspects of Catholic progress during the last one hundred years.

Of course, the crowning event that has dramatically upset the traditional pattern of English religious history was the friendly visit paid by Dr. Fisher, then Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury, to the Vatican last December.

Five subsequent Apollo missions also landed astronauts on the Moon, the last in December 1972.

On 27 December 1797, the last Tagsatzung of the Old Swiss Confederacy was held in Aarau.

In late 1792 Phillip, whose health was suffering from the poor diet, at last received permission to leave, and on 11 December 1792 he sailed in the ship Atlantic, taking with him many specimens of plants and animals.

HH Abbas II Hilmi Bey ( also known as Abbas Hilmi Pasha ) () ( 14 July 1874 – 19 December 1944 ) was the last Khedive of Egypt and Sudan ( 8 January 1892 – 19 December 1914 ).

The last strip of Calvin and Hobbes was published on December 31, 1995.

Germany's last offensive on its Western front, Operation Wacht am Rhein, was an offensive launched towards the vital port of Antwerp in December 1944.

The last congressional elections were held on December 11, 2006.

The council was reconvened by Pope Pius IV ( 1559 – 65 ) for the last time, meeting from 18 January 1562, and continued until its final adjournment on 4 December 1563.

The first episode was aired on 9 December 1960 and was not initially a critical success ; Daily Mirror columnist Ken Iriwin claimed the series would only last three weeks.

In the early morning of December 10, 1949, Communist troops laid siege to Chengdu, the last KMT controlled city in mainland China, where Chiang Kai-shek and his son Chiang Ching-kuo directed the defense at the Chengdu Central Military Academy.

The 11th Party Congress would prove to be the last congress chaired by Lenin, he suffered one stroke in May 1922, was paralysed by a second in December later that year, was removed from public life in March 1923 and died on 21 January 1924.

* Candid photos of the Eastern Bloc September – December 1991, in the last months of the USSR

The last Cowboys game with Tom Landry as coach was a win over Washington on December 11, 1988.

December ( ) is the 12th and last month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars and one of seven months with the length of 31 days.

** Emilio Aguinaldo, the last President of the Supreme Government Council 23 March 1897-16 December 1897 and chairman of the Revolutionary Government from 23 June to 1 November 1897, was dictator from 12 June 1898-23 January.

** Nazarov was Dictator of the Don Republic ( which before, since its founding on 2 December 1917 at Novocherkassk, had been governed by a Triumvirate including the last pre-Soviet Ataman, Aleksei Maksimovich Kaledin ) from 11 February 1918 till 25 February 1918 when Bolshevik troops ended their existence

On the morning of 18 December, the emperor appeared to deposit the imperial insignia at the Temple of Concord, but at the last minute retraced his steps to the Imperial palace.

The last successful drop kick in the NFL before that was executed by Ray " Scooter " McLean of the Chicago Bears in their 37-9 victory over the New York Giants on December 21, 1941, in the NFL Championship game at Chicago's Wrigley Field.

The last successful drop kick extra point in the NCAA was by Jason Millgan of the Hartwick College on December 11, 1998, against St. Lawrence University.

In December 1823, he wrote: " This is the last picture I want to paint, but I want to surpass myself in it.