Page 2: Historical Events In December - 08

1794  On this day in history 1st issue of Herald of Rutland, VT published   

1795  Jacques Francois Gallay, composer on December - 08.   

1811  Louis Alexander Balthasar Schindelmeisser, composer on December - 08.   

1813  Ludwig von Beethoven's 7th Symphony in A, premieres on December - 08.   

1822  On December - 08 luther Prentice Bradley, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1910   

1826  On December - 08 friedrich Siemens, German industrialist   

1828  On this day in history clinton Bowen Fisk, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1890   

1830  On December - 08 h Benjamin Constant, French politician/writer, dies at 63   

1831  James Hoban, architect who designed White House, dies on this day in history.   

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 December - 08 giuseppe Verdi's opera "Luisa Miller," premieres in Naples   

1852  On this day in history gustav Freytag's "Die Journalisten," premieres in Breslau   

1854  Pope Pius IX proclaims Immaculate Conception, makes Mary, free of Original Sin on December - 08.   

1857  1st production of Dion Boucicaults "Poor of NY" on December - 08.   

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  On December - 08 georges Feydeau, French playwright (La Dame de Chez Maxim's)   

1863  2,500 reported killed at Church of La Compana, Santiago Chile on this day in history.   

1863  Abraham Lincoln announces plan for Reconstruction of South on December - 08.   

1864  Pope Pius IX publishes encyclical Quanta cura ("Syllabus errorum") on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history j C Powys, writer   

1874  Jesse James gang takes train at Muncie Kansas on this day in history.   

1875  Aleksandr Ostrovsky's "Volki i Ovsty," premieres in St Petersburg on this day in history.   

1876  Suriname begins compulsory education for 7-12 years on this day in history.   

1877  Paul Emile Ladmirault, composer on this day in history.   

1880  On December - 08 5,000 armed Boers gather in Paardekraal South-Africa   

1881  On December - 08 vienna's Ring Theater destroyed by fire, kills between 640-850   

1881  On December - 08 padraic Colum, Irish poet/novelist/poet (Collected Poems)   

1882  Manuel Maria Ponce, Fresnillo Mexico, composer (Estrellita) on this day in history.   

1886  American Federation of Labor (AFL) formed by 26 craft unions; Samuel Gompers elected AFL president on December - 08.   

1886  American Federation of Labor (AFL) formed by 26 craft unions Samuel Gompers elected AFL president on this day in history.   

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1508  On this day in history birth of gemma Frisius, [Jemme Reinersz], Frisian geographer/astronomer   

1574  Maria Anna of Bavaria, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1616) was born on this day in history.   

1626  Christina, queen of Sweden who abdicated after becoming Catholic was born on this day in history.   

1678  On December - 08 birth of horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton, English diplomat (d. 1757)   

1699  On this day in history birth of maria Josepha of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1757)   

1704  Anton de Haen, medical expert (Ratio Medendi) was born on this day in history.   

1708  Francis I, Holy Roman emperor (1745-1765) was born on December - 08.   

1715  John Althuysen, Frisian vicar/poet (Frisianche rymlery) was born on this day in history.   

0644  Death of Omar I, 2nd kalief of Islam, murdered on this day in history.   

0899  Arnulf of Carinthia, last emperor of Austria-France, dies on this day in history.   

1292  John Peckham, English archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1587  Death of Mary, Queen of Scots (1560-1587), executed on December - 08.   

1596  On December - 08 death of luis de Carabajal, 1st Jewish author in America, executed in Mexico   

1626  On December - 08 death of john Davies, English poet (b. 1569)   

1632  On December - 08 death of philippe van Lansberge, Flemish astronomer (b. 1561)   

1643  John Pym, English House of Commons member, dies at about 59 on December - 08.