Page 2: Historical Events In December - 08

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

1795  On December - 08 jacques Francois Gallay, composer   

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

1813  On this day in history ludwig von Beethoven's 7th Symphony in A, premieres   

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

1826  Friedrich Siemens, German industrialist on this day in history.   

1828  Clinton Bowen Fisk, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1890 on December - 08.   

1830  H Benjamin Constant, French politician/writer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1831  On December - 08 james Hoban, architect who designed White House, dies   

1832  On December - 08 bjornstjerne Bjornson, Norway, novelist (Pa Guds Veje, Nobel-1903)   

1846  Hector Berlioz's "La Damnation de Faust," premieres on this day in history.   

1849  Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Luisa Miller," premieres in Naples on December - 08.   

1852  On December - 08 gustav Freytag's "Die Journalisten," premieres in Breslau   

1854  Pope Pius IX proclaims Immaculate Conception, makes Mary, free of Original Sin on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1864  On December - 08 pope Pius IX publishes encyclical Quanta cura ("Syllabus errorum")   

1865  Jacques Hadamard, French mathematician (Taylor series) on December - 08.   

1869  On this day in history 20th Roman Catholic ecumenical council, Vatican I, opens in Rome   

1872  On December - 08 j C Powys, writer   

1874  On this day in history jesse James gang takes train at Muncie Kansas   

1875  On December - 08 aleksandr Ostrovsky's "Volki i Ovsty," premieres in St Petersburg   

1876  On this day in history suriname begins compulsory education for 7-12 years   

1877  On this day in history paul Emile Ladmirault, composer   

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

1881  Vienna's Ring Theater destroyed by fire, kills between 640-850 on this day in history.   

1881  Padraic Colum, Irish poet/novelist/poet (Collected Poems) on this day in history.   

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

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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1508  On December - 08 birth of gemma Frisius, [Jemme Reinersz], Frisian geographer/astronomer   

1574  On this day in history birth of maria Anna of Bavaria, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1616)   

1626  Christina, queen of Sweden who abdicated after becoming Catholic was born on December - 08.   

1678  Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton, English diplomat (d. 1757) was born on this day in history.   

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

1704  On this day in history birth of anton de Haen, medical expert (Ratio Medendi)   

1708  Francis I, Holy Roman emperor (1745-1765) was born on this day in history.   

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

0644  On this day in history death of omar I, 2nd kalief of Islam, murdered   

0899  On this day in history arnulf of Carinthia, last emperor of Austria-France, dies   

1292  John Peckham, English archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 62 on December - 08.   

1587  Death of Mary, Queen of Scots (1560-1587), executed on this day in history.   

1596  Death of Luis de Carabajal, 1st Jewish author in America, executed in Mexico on December - 08.   

1626  On this day in history death of john Davies, English poet (b. 1569)   

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

1643  On December - 08 john Pym, English House of Commons member, dies at about 59