Dickens In the US
Dec 2 In a New York City theater, British author Charles Dickens gives his first public reading in the United States
- Dec 4 Former Minnesota farmer Oliver Hudson Kelley founds the Order of the Patrons of Husbandry (better known today as the Grange)
- Dec 18 Around 49 victims of "Angola Horror" train wreck burn to death in Angola, New York
- Dec 27 Ontario & Quebec legislatures hold 1st meeting
- Dec 28 United States claims Midway Island, the first territory annexed outside Continental limits.
- Dec 29 1st telegraph ticker used by a brokerage house, Groesbeck & Co, New York
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