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 this day in history.   

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  Friedrich Siemens, German industrialist on December - 08.   

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

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

1852  On this day in history gustav Freytag's "Die Journalisten," premieres in Breslau   

1854  Pope Pius IX proclaims Immaculate Conception, makes Mary, free of Original Sin on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1862  On December - 08 georges Feydeau, French playwright (La Dame de Chez Maxim's)   

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

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  On December - 08 j C Powys, writer   

1874  On December - 08 jesse James gang takes train at Muncie Kansas   

1875  On December - 08 aleksandr Ostrovsky's "Volki i Ovsty," premieres in St Petersburg   

1876  Suriname begins compulsory education for 7-12 years on December - 08.   

1877  Paul Emile Ladmirault, composer on December - 08.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1886  On December - 08 american Federation of Labor (AFL) formed by 26 craft unions; Samuel Gompers elected AFL president   

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 this day in history.   

1574  Maria Anna of Bavaria, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1616) was born on December - 08.   

1626  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1704  Anton de Haen, medical expert (Ratio Medendi) was born on December - 08.   

1708  On this day in history birth of francis I, Holy Roman emperor (1745-1765)   

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  On December - 08 john Peckham, English archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 62   

1587  On December - 08 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 December - 08 death of john Davies, English poet (b. 1569)   

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

1643  On this day in history john Pym, English House of Commons member, dies at about 59