Historical Events In December - 08
Monday, 18 March 2024
1794 On this day in history 1st issue of Herald of Rutland, VT published
1795 On this day in history jacques Francois Gallay, composer
1811 On December - 08 louis Alexander Balthasar Schindelmeisser, composer
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 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 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 Bjornstjerne Bjornson, Norway, novelist (Pa Guds Veje, Nobel-1903) on this day in history.
1846 On this day in history hector Berlioz's "La Damnation de Faust," premieres
1849 On December - 08 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 1st production of Dion Boucicaults "Poor of NY" on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
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 this day in history.
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 December - 08 suriname begins compulsory education for 7-12 years
1877 On this day in history paul Emile Ladmirault, composer
1880 On this day in history 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 December - 08.
1886 American Federation of Labor (AFL) formed by 26 craft unions; Samuel Gompers elected AFL president on December - 08.
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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