Page 2: Historical Events In December - 08

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

1795  On December - 08 jacques Francois Gallay, composer   

1811  Louis Alexander Balthasar Schindelmeisser, composer on this day in history.   

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

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

1826  On this day in history friedrich Siemens, German industrialist   

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 December - 08.   

1831  On this day in history james Hoban, architect who designed White House, dies   

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

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

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 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  On this day in history william Durant auto manufacturer cofounder of Chevrolet, founder of General Motors, Durant Motors; was born   

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

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

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

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

1872  On December - 08 j C Powys, writer   

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 December - 08 paul Emile Ladmirault, composer   

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

1881  On this day in history vienna's Ring Theater destroyed by fire, kills between 640-850   

1881  On this day in history padraic Colum, Irish poet/novelist/poet (Collected Poems)   

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

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  Maria Anna of Bavaria, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1616) was born on December - 08.   

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

1678  On December - 08 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  Anton de Haen, medical expert (Ratio Medendi) was born on December - 08.   

1708  Francis I, Holy Roman emperor (1745-1765) was born on December - 08.   

1715  On this day in history 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  On December - 08 john Peckham, English archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 62   

1587  Death of Mary, Queen of Scots (1560-1587), executed on December - 08.   

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

1626  Death of John Davies, English poet (b. 1569) on December - 08.   

1632  On December - 08 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.