What Happened In December 1851 In History

Historical Events for December, 1851

• 2nd » French President Napoleon III of France called Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte overthrows the French Second Republic known as Second Republic.
• 9th » The first YMCA in North America is established in Montreal.
• 24th » Library of Congress burns.
• 29th » The first American YMCA opens in Boston known as Boston, Massachusetts.

Famous Birthdays on December in 1851

• 10th » Melvil Dewey, American librarian, created the Dewey Decimal Classification known as Dewey Decimal System (d. 1931)
• 18th » Graciano López Jaena, Filipino journalist (d. 1896)
• 21st » Thomas Chipman McRae, American lawyer and politician, 26th Governor of Arkansas (d. 1929)
• 30th » Asa Griggs Candler, American businessman and politician, 44th Mayor of Atlanta (d. 1929)
• 31st » Henry Carter Adams, American economist and academic (d. 1921)

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