Historical Events In December - 08
Thursday, 28 March 2024
1794 1st issue of Herald of Rutland, VT published on this day in history.
1795 On December - 08 jacques Francois Gallay, composer
1811 Louis Alexander Balthasar Schindelmeisser, composer on December - 08.
1813 Ludwig von Beethoven's 7th Symphony in A, premieres on this day in history.
1822 Luther Prentice Bradley, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1910 on this day in history.
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 On December - 08 h Benjamin Constant, French politician/writer, dies at 63
1831 On December - 08 james Hoban, architect who designed White House, dies
1832 Bjornstjerne Bjornson, Norway, novelist (Pa Guds Veje, Nobel-1903) on December - 08.
1846 Hector Berlioz's "La Damnation de Faust," premieres on December - 08.
1849 Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Luisa Miller," premieres in Naples on December - 08.
1852 On December - 08 gustav Freytag's "Die Journalisten," premieres in Breslau
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 December - 08.
1861 On this day in history william Durant auto manufacturer cofounder of Chevrolet, founder of General Motors, Durant Motors; was born
1861 On December - 08 aristide Maillol, France, painter/sculptor (Seated Woman)
1862 On this day in history 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 On December - 08 pope Pius IX publishes encyclical Quanta cura ("Syllabus errorum")
1865 Jacques Hadamard, French mathematician (Taylor series) on December - 08.
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 this day in history 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 Paul Emile Ladmirault, composer on December - 08.
1880 5,000 armed Boers gather in Paardekraal South-Africa on this day in history.
1881 On this day in history 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 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.
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