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  On December - 08 louis Alexander Balthasar Schindelmeisser, composer   

1813  On this day in history ludwig von Beethoven's 7th Symphony in A, premieres   

1822  On December - 08 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  H Benjamin Constant, French politician/writer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

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

1832  On this day in history bjornstjerne Bjornson, Norway, novelist (Pa Guds Veje, Nobel-1903)   

1846  On this day in history hector Berlioz's "La Damnation de Faust," premieres   

1849  On this day in history giuseppe Verdi's opera "Luisa Miller," premieres in Naples   

1852  Gustav Freytag's "Die Journalisten," premieres in Breslau on December - 08.   

1854  On December - 08 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 this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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  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  Jesse James gang takes train at Muncie Kansas on December - 08.   

1875  Aleksandr Ostrovsky's "Volki i Ovsty," premieres in St Petersburg on December - 08.   

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

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  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 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   

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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 this day in history.   

1626  Christina, queen of Sweden who abdicated after becoming Catholic was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1704  On this day in history birth of anton de Haen, medical expert (Ratio Medendi)   

1708  On December - 08 birth of francis I, Holy Roman emperor (1745-1765)   

1715  On December - 08 birth of john Althuysen, Frisian vicar/poet (Frisianche rymlery)   

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  On December - 08 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 December - 08.   

1626  On this day in history death of john Davies, English poet (b. 1569)   

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 December - 08.