Timeline December 1892

Events in December 1892 4

• 1836 – 1892 Jay Gould (1836-1892) Died 2 December 1892, aged 56 Jay Gould was an American railroad executive and financier notorious for aggressive speculation, including his role in the Black Friday gold panic of 1869. By the time of his death he controlled a major portion of the US railroad network.
• 1892 – 1975 Francisco Franco El Caudillo The general who led the Nationalists to victory and ruled Spain as a dictator until his death.
• 1892 – 1976 J. Paul Getty (1892-1976) Died 6 June 1976, aged 83 J. Paul Getty, the American oil industrialist who founded Getty Oil and was once ranked the richest private citizen in the world, died at his estate near Guildford, England. He was renowned for his extreme frugality despite his vast fortune. His art collection formed the foundation of the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles.
• 1892 Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker premieres Ballet debuts at the Mariinsky Theatre Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker, choreographed by Lev Ivanov, premiered at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg. Initial reviews were mixed, but the work later became one of the most performed ballets in the world.