Page 2: Historical Events In December - 08

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

1795  Jacques Francois Gallay, composer on this day in history.   

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  Luther Prentice Bradley, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1910 on this day in history.   

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

1832  Bjornstjerne Bjornson, Norway, novelist (Pa Guds Veje, Nobel-1903) on this day in history.   

1846  Hector Berlioz's "La Damnation de Faust," premieres on December - 08.   

1849  Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Luisa Miller," premieres in Naples on this day in history.   

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

1854  On this day in history pope Pius IX proclaims Immaculate Conception, makes Mary, free of Original Sin   

1857  On this day in history 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 December - 08.   

1861  Aristide Maillol, France, painter/sculptor (Seated Woman) on December - 08.   

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  Abraham Lincoln announces plan for Reconstruction of South on this day in history.   

1864  Pope Pius IX publishes encyclical Quanta cura ("Syllabus errorum") on December - 08.   

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

1869  On December - 08 20th Roman Catholic ecumenical council, Vatican I, opens in Rome   

1872  J C Powys, writer on December - 08.   

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

1875  On this day in history aleksandr Ostrovsky's "Volki i Ovsty," premieres in St Petersburg   

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

1877  On this day in history paul Emile Ladmirault, composer   

1880  5,000 armed Boers gather in Paardekraal South-Africa on this day in history.   

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

1881  Padraic Colum, Irish poet/novelist/poet (Collected Poems) on December - 08.   

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

1886  On this day in history american Federation of Labor (AFL) formed by 26 craft unions; Samuel Gompers elected AFL president   

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

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1508  Gemma Frisius, [Jemme Reinersz], Frisian geographer/astronomer was born on this day in history.   

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

1626  On December - 08 birth of christina, queen of Sweden who abdicated after becoming Catholic   

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 this day in history.   

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 December - 08.   

1715  John Althuysen, Frisian vicar/poet (Frisianche rymlery) was born on December - 08.   

0644  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1587  On this day in history death of mary, Queen of Scots (1560-1587), executed   

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 this day in history death of philippe van Lansberge, Flemish astronomer (b. 1561)   

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