journalist (born 1855) December 24 – Gustav Bauernfeind, German painter (born 1848) December 25 – Guido Bodländer, German chemist (born 1855) December 27 – William F. Mahoney, U.S. Representative from Illinois (born 1856) December 29 – Friedrich Moritz Brauer, German entomologist (born 1832) December 30 – Frederick Clifford, English journalist (born 1828) Nobel Prizes Physics – The Lord Rayleigh Chemistry – Sir William Ramsay Physiology or Medicine – Ivan Petrovich Pavlov Literature – Frédéric Mistral and José Echegaray Peace – Institut de Droit International References Further reading Gilbert, Martin. A History of the Twentieth Century: Volume 1 1900–1933 (1997); global coverage of politics, diplomacy and warfare; pp. 89–104. Leap years in the Gregorian calendar