[1]Tomorrow:
December 2
1804: Napoleon emperor of the French, placing crown on his own head
1805: Austerlitz, Napoleon defeats Russians & Austrians
1816: First savings bank in US, opens as Philadelphia Savings Fund
Society
1823: Monroe doctrine, US President Monroe declares in his seventh
annual message to the US Congress, "the American continents, by the
free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain,
are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future
colonization by any European powers."
1852: Emperor Napoleon III, French monarchy restored; Louis Napoleon
becomes emperor One year before to the day, followers of President
Louis Bonaparte (Napoleon's nephew) broke up the Legislative Assembly
and established a dictatorship. A year later, Louis Bonaparte
proclaimed himself Emperor Napoleon III. Marx wrote The Eighteenth
Brumaire of Louis Napoleon between December 1851 and February 1852.
The "eighteenth Brumaire" refers to November 9, 1799 in the French
Revolutionary Calendar..
1859: John Brown hung, "Now if it is deemed necessary that I should
forfeit my life for the furtherance of the ends of justice and mingle
my blood further with the blood of my children and with the blood of
millions in this slave country whose rights are disregarded by wicked,
cruel and unjust enactments, I say, let it be done." Browns speech to
the court
1899: Samoa divided, US & Germany agree to divide Samoa between them
1954: McCarthy censured, US Senate censures Joe McCarthy for his
conduct
1956: Cuban Revolution [begin], Source: ToW
References
1. http://www.quarterman.org/q/timeline.html
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