Historical Events In December - 08

1794  1st issue of Herald of Rutland, VT published on December - 08.  

1795  On this day in history jacques Francois Gallay, composer  

1811  On this day in history louis Alexander Balthasar Schindelmeisser, composer  

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

1822  Luther Prentice Bradley, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1910 on December - 08.  

1826  Friedrich Siemens, German industrialist on December - 08.  

1828  Clinton Bowen Fisk, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1890 on this day in history.  

1830  On this day in history 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.  

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

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

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 this day in history.  

1861  On December - 08 aristide Maillol, France, painter/sculptor (Seated Woman)  

1862  Georges Feydeau, French playwright (La Dame de Chez Maxim's) on this day in history.  

1863  On December - 08 2,500 reported killed at Church of La Compana, Santiago Chile  

1863  Abraham Lincoln announces plan for Reconstruction of South on December - 08.  

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

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

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1508  On December - 08 birth of gemma Frisius, [Jemme Reinersz], Frisian geographer/astronomer  

1574  On December - 08 birth of maria Anna of Bavaria, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1616)  

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

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

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

1704  On December - 08 birth of anton de Haen, medical expert (Ratio Medendi)  

1708  Francis I, Holy Roman emperor (1745-1765) was born on this day in history.  

1715  John Althuysen, Frisian vicar/poet (Frisianche rymlery) was born on this day in history.  

0644  Death of Omar I, 2nd kalief of Islam, murdered on December - 08.  

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  On December - 08 death of luis de Carabajal, 1st Jewish author in America, executed in Mexico  

1626  On December - 08 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 this day in history.