Historical Events In December - 08

1794  On December - 08 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  On this day in history luther Prentice Bradley, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1910  

1826  On December - 08 friedrich Siemens, German industrialist  

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

1830  On this day in history h Benjamin Constant, French politician/writer, dies at 63  

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

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

1846  On December - 08 hector Berlioz's "La Damnation de Faust," premieres  

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

1852  Gustav Freytag's "Die Journalisten," premieres in Breslau on this day in history.  

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

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 December - 08.  

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 December - 08.  

1863  Abraham Lincoln announces plan for Reconstruction of South on this day in history.  

1864  On this day in history pope Pius IX publishes encyclical Quanta cura ("Syllabus errorum")  

1865  On this day in history jacques Hadamard, French mathematician (Taylor series)  

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

1876  On December - 08 suriname begins compulsory education for 7-12 years  

1877  On December - 08 paul Emile Ladmirault, composer  

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

1881  Vienna's Ring Theater destroyed by fire, kills between 640-850 on December - 08.  

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

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

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

1678  Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton, English diplomat (d. 1757) was born on December - 08.  

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  On this day in history birth of francis I, Holy Roman emperor (1745-1765)  

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

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 December - 08.  

1292  On this day in history john Peckham, English archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 62  

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 this day in history.  

1626  Death of John Davies, English poet (b. 1569) on this day in history.  

1632  Death of Philippe van Lansberge, Flemish astronomer (b. 1561) on December - 08.  

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