December events

• December 24 – Richard Trevithick
  Richard Trevithick
  Richard Trevithick was a British inventor and mining engineer from Cornwall. His most significant success was the high pressure steam engine and he also built the first full-scale working railway steam locomotive...
  
   demonstrates the first full-sized road locomotive to the public, successfully carrying a number of men up Beacon Hill
  Beacon Hill
  Beacon Hill is a name shared by many hills, suburbs, villages and other places around the world. Many are so called because they were historically the site of a warning beacon. Others are named after other places of the same name.-In the United Kingdom:...
  
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July births

• July 29 – George Bradshaw
  George Bradshaw
  George Bradshaw was an English cartographer, printer and publisher. He is best known for developing the most successful and longest published series of combined railway timetables.-Biography:...
  
  , English
  England
  England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
  
   cartographer, printer
  Printer (publisher)
  In publishing, printers are both companies providing printing services and individuals who directly operate printing presses. With the invention of the moveable type printing press by Johannes Gutenberg around 1450, printing—and printers—proliferated throughout Europe.Today, printers are found...
  
   and publisher and the originator of the railway timetable
  Public transport timetable
  A public transport timetable is a representation of public transport information to assist a passenger with planning a trip using public transport. A timetable details when vehicle will arrive and depart specified locations and may be organised for by route or for a particular stop...
  
   (d. 1853).

September births

• September 8 – Byron Kilbourn
  Byron Kilbourn
  Byron Kilbourn was an American surveyor, railroad executive, and politician who was an important figure in the founding of Milwaukee, Wisconsin....
  
  , president of the Milwaukee and Mississippi Railroad 1849-1852 (d. 1870).