Charles Babbage, FRS ( 26 December 1791 – 18 October 1871 ) was an English mathematician, philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer who originated the concept of a programmable computer.

26 December 1791

George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen ( 28 January 1784 – 14 December 1860 ), styled Lord Haddo from 1791 to 1801, was a British politician and landowner, successively a Tory, Conservative and Peelite, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1852 until 1855.

On 2 December 1791, Christian II Frederick sold the sovereignty of his principalities to king Frederick William II of Prussia.

On 2 December 1791, Christian II Frederick sold the sovereignty of his principalities to king Frederick William II of Prussia.

To provide such guarantees, the First Amendment ( along with the rest of the Bill of Rights ) was submitted to the states for ratification on September 25, 1789, and adopted on December 15, 1791.

It was introduced on September 5, 1789, and then three quarters of the states ratified this as well as 9 other amendments on December 15, 1791.

The adoption by ratification by three-fourths of the states was completed on December 15, 1791.

It was adopted on December 15, 1791, along with the rest of the Bill of Rights.

The Ninth Amendment became part of the Constitution on December 15, 1791 upon ratification by three-fourths of the states.

The Tenth Amendment ( Amendment X ) to the United States Constitution, which is part of the Bill of Rights, was ratified on December 15, 1791.

Ratification for 10 of these proposals is completed on December 5, 1791, creating the United States Bill of Rights.

* December 21 – Francesco Hayez, Italian painter ( b. 1791 )

* December 24 – Mary Baker ( née Willcocks ) aka Princess Caraboo ( b. 1791 )

* December 18 – Johann Salomo Semler, German historian and Bible commentator ( d. 1791 )

Mozart did not have the pleasure of witnessing this milestone, having died of his illness on 5 December 1791.

On 28 December 1791, three and a half weeks after Mozart's death, his widow Constanze offered to send a manuscript score of The Magic Flute to the electoral court in Bonn.

Upper Canada existed from December 26, 1791 to February 10, 1841 and generally comprised present-day Southern Ontario.

" Upper Canada " became a political entity on December 26, 1791 with the Parliament of Great Britain's passage of the Constitutional Act of 1791.

Generalsuperintendant von Schleswig und Holstein " (" Royal general superintendent of Schleswig and Holstein ") between 1760 and 1791, and his wife ( m. Berleburg, 8 May 1732 ) Maria Dorothea Carl ( Berleburg, 31 July 1716 – Schleswig, 31 December 1792 ), a respectable middle-class family that believed in religious tolerance.

However, this never took place, since Mozart died ( December 1791 ) before Hofmann did ( 1793 ).

Following the abdication of the last Margrave, Charles Alexander, from the principalities of Ansbach and Bayreuth on 2 December 1791 its territories became part of a Prussian province.

* Report on Manufactures: Communicated to the House of Representatives, December 5, 1791.

Marie Louise of Austria ( Maria Ludovica Leopoldina Franziska Therese Josepha Lucia von Habsburg-Lothringen ; 12 December 1791 – 17 December 1847 ) was the second wife of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French and later Duchess of Parma.

The act was proposed by Representative Francis Burton Harrison of New York and was approved on December 14, 1914.

On December 11, 361, Julian entered Constantinople as sole emperor and, despite his rejection of Christianity, his first political act was to preside over Constantius ' Christian burial, escorting the body to the Church of the Apostles, where it was placed alongside that of Constantine.

The final significant act of the League was to expel the Soviet Union in December 1939 after it invaded Finland.

By December 1838, he had noted a similarity between the act of breeders selecting traits and a Malthusian Nature selecting among variants thrown up by " chance " so that " every part of newly acquired structure is fully practical and perfected ".

In December 2009 they played as the main support act for The Courteeners.

This tour lasted until 16 December and saw the band appear as the supporting act for The Rezillos and John Otway in England and Wales in addition to headlining in three concerts in Belfast and Derry.

Lenawee remained attached to Monroe County, out of which it was formed, until an act of the Territorial Legislature passed on December 26, 1826, organized the county government.

* 3 December – In reprisal for an act of sabotage, the SS and Gestapo execute 100 tam wokers.

* December 31 – American Civil War: President Abraham Lincoln signs an act that admits West Virginia to the Union, thus dividing Virginia into two pieces.

* December 2 – James Monroe first introduces the Monroe Doctrine in the State of the Union Address, declaring that any European attempts to recolonize the Americas would be considered a hostile act towards the United States.

It was not until after they stopped making the shorts in December 1957 did Moe learn of Cohn's underhanded tactics, what a valuable commodity the Stooges had been for the ailing studio, and how many millions more the act could have earned.

This unexpected development sets the stage for the second act ( December 2001 — November 2005 ), in which humans from Earth colonize the deserted planet, occasionally having contact with the few surviving Martians, but for the most part preoccupied with making Mars a second Earth.

The third act ( December 2005 — October 2026 ) deals with the aftermath of the war, and concludes with the prospect of the few surviving humans becoming the new Martians, a prospect already foreshadowed in "— And the Moon be Still as Bright ", and which allows the book to return to its beginning.

Although Verdi had accepted the need to remove the first act, it seems that he changed his mind and allowed a performance on 29 December 1886 in Modena which presented the “ Fontainebleau ’’ first act along with the revised 4-act version.

De Valera retroactively dated the second act back to December, 1936.

Numan's new album Dead Son Rising was released on 16 September 2011 which had a full U. K tour split in two halves, 15 – 21 September and 7 – 11 December, Both parts were supported by Welsh soloist Jayce Lewis in an interview during the tour ; Gary praised the Welshman to being the best supporting act ever in his 30 years of touring, later documenting the tour in a Tour diary and publicly inviting Jayce to join him for an American tour in 2012.

Another famous case is the self-immolation of Mohamed Bouazizi, a Tunisian street vendor who set himself on fire on December 17, 2010, an act that was a catalyst for Tunisian Revolution and sparked Arab Spring, including several men who emulated Bouazizi's act.

Page's fantasy role involved climbing up the face of a snow capped mountain near Boleskine House, Loch Ness during the nights of a full moon on December 10 and 11, 1973. The act was meant to show Page on a quest of self enlightenment, and deep understanding, by seeking out the Hermit, a character featured in many Tarot packs.

The headlining act for the O2 Arena Ertegun tribute show ( postponed to December 2007 ) turned out to be another reunited English hard-rock act, Led Zeppelin.

The County was created on December 10, 1807 by an act of the Georgia General Assembly.

In December 1743, Charles's father named him Prince Regent, giving him authority to act in his name.

Montgomery County was established by an act of the Indiana state legislature passed on December 21, 1822, which defined the county's boundaries and provided for the organization of its government.