1st » United States presidential election, 1824: Since no candidate received a majority of the total Electoral College (United States) called electoral college votes in the election, the United States House of Representatives is given the task of deciding the w
9th » Patriot forces led by General Antonio José de Sucre defeat a Royalist army in the Battle of Ayacucho, putting an end to the Peruvian War of Independence.
28th » The Bathurst War comes to an end with the surrender of the Wiradjuri.
Famous Birthdays on December in 1824
10th » George MacDonald, Scottish minister, author, and poet (d. 1905)
14th » Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, French painter and illustrator (d. 1898)
Famous Deaths for December 1824
21st » James Parkinson, English physician and paleontologist (b. 1755)
25th » Barbara von Krüdener, German mystic and author (b. 1764)