Historical Events In December - 08
Friday, 29 March 2024
1794 On December - 08 1st issue of Herald of Rutland, VT published
1795 On this day in history jacques Francois Gallay, composer
1811 Louis Alexander Balthasar Schindelmeisser, composer on this day in history.
1813 Ludwig von Beethoven's 7th Symphony in A, premieres on December - 08.
1822 Luther Prentice Bradley, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1910 on December - 08.
1826 Friedrich Siemens, German industrialist on this day in history.
1828 On this day in history clinton Bowen Fisk, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1890
1830 On this day in history h Benjamin Constant, French politician/writer, dies at 63
1831 On this day in history james Hoban, architect who designed White House, dies
1832 On December - 08 bjornstjerne Bjornson, Norway, novelist (Pa Guds Veje, Nobel-1903)
1846 On December - 08 hector Berlioz's "La Damnation de Faust," premieres
1849 On this day in history giuseppe Verdi's opera "Luisa Miller," premieres in Naples
1852 Gustav Freytag's "Die Journalisten," premieres in Breslau on December - 08.
1854 Pope Pius IX proclaims Immaculate Conception, makes Mary, free of Original Sin on December - 08.
1857 On December - 08 1st production of Dion Boucicaults "Poor of NY"
1861 William Durant auto manufacturer cofounder of Chevrolet, founder of General Motors, Durant Motors; was born on this day in history.
1861 Aristide Maillol, France, painter/sculptor (Seated Woman) on December - 08.
1862 Georges Feydeau, French playwright (La Dame de Chez Maxim's) on this day in history.
1863 2,500 reported killed at Church of La Compana, Santiago Chile on December - 08.
1863 On this day in history abraham Lincoln announces plan for Reconstruction of South
1864 Pope Pius IX publishes encyclical Quanta cura ("Syllabus errorum") on December - 08.
1865 Jacques Hadamard, French mathematician (Taylor series) on December - 08.
1869 20th Roman Catholic ecumenical council, Vatican I, opens in Rome on December - 08.
1872 J C Powys, writer on December - 08.
1874 On December - 08 jesse James gang takes train at Muncie Kansas
1875 Aleksandr Ostrovsky's "Volki i Ovsty," premieres in St Petersburg on December - 08.
1876 On this day in history suriname begins compulsory education for 7-12 years
1877 On December - 08 paul Emile Ladmirault, composer
1880 5,000 armed Boers gather in Paardekraal South-Africa on December - 08.
1881 On this day in history vienna's Ring Theater destroyed by fire, kills between 640-850
1881 On this day in history padraic Colum, Irish poet/novelist/poet (Collected Poems)
1882 Manuel Maria Ponce, Fresnillo Mexico, composer (Estrellita) on December - 08.
1886 On December - 08 american Federation of Labor (AFL) formed by 26 craft unions; Samuel Gompers elected AFL president
1886 American Federation of Labor (AFL) formed by 26 craft unions Samuel Gompers elected AFL president on December - 08.
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