Historical Events In December - 08

1794  1st issue of Herald of Rutland, VT published on December - 08.  

1795  On this day in history jacques Francois Gallay, composer  

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

1813  Ludwig von Beethoven's 7th Symphony in A, premieres on this day in history.  

1822  On this day in history 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  H Benjamin Constant, French politician/writer, dies at 63 on December - 08.  

1831  James Hoban, architect who designed White House, dies on December - 08.  

1832  On this day in history bjornstjerne Bjornson, Norway, novelist (Pa Guds Veje, Nobel-1903)  

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

1849  On December - 08 giuseppe Verdi's opera "Luisa Miller," premieres in Naples  

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

1854  On December - 08 pope Pius IX proclaims Immaculate Conception, makes Mary, free of Original Sin  

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  On December - 08 aristide Maillol, France, painter/sculptor (Seated Woman)  

1862  Georges Feydeau, French playwright (La Dame de Chez Maxim's) on December - 08.  

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

1863  On December - 08 abraham Lincoln announces plan for Reconstruction of South  

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

1865  Jacques Hadamard, French mathematician (Taylor series) on this day in history.  

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

1872  J C Powys, writer on December - 08.  

1874  Jesse James gang takes train at Muncie Kansas on December - 08.  

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

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 December - 08.  

1882  On December - 08 manuel Maria Ponce, Fresnillo Mexico, composer (Estrellita)  

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 December - 08.  

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1508  Gemma Frisius, [Jemme Reinersz], Frisian geographer/astronomer was born on December - 08.  

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  On this day in history birth of horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton, English diplomat (d. 1757)  

1699  Maria Josepha of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1757) was born on December - 08.  

1704  On December - 08 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  On December - 08 birth of john Althuysen, Frisian vicar/poet (Frisianche rymlery)  

0644  On December - 08 death of omar I, 2nd kalief of Islam, murdered  

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 December - 08.  

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

1596  On this day in history death of luis de Carabajal, 1st Jewish author in America, executed in Mexico  

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

1632  Death of Philippe van Lansberge, Flemish astronomer (b. 1561) on this day in history.  

1643  John Pym, English House of Commons member, dies at about 59 on this day in history.