Page 3: Historical Events In December - 08

1886  On this day in history diego Rivera, [Lenin of Mexico], Mexico, painter/wife of Frida Kahlo   

1887  Vicente Emilio Sojo, composer on December - 08.   

1888  On December - 08 fiske Kimball, US architect/art historian   

1889  On December - 08 w Hervey Allen, US writer/poet (Anthony Adverse)   

1890  Bohuslav Jan Martinu, Policka Czechoslovakia, composer (Hry o Marti) on December - 08.   

1894  The birth of James Thurber, American writer on December - 08.   

1894  James (Grover) Thurber, Columbus Ohio, humorist (Men, Women & Dogs) on this day in history.   

1894  On December - 08 willem JF Nuyens, Dutch physician/RC historian, dies at 71   

1895  Battle at Amba Alagi: Ethiopian emperor Menelik II drives Italian general Baratieri's out on December - 08.   

1896  On this day in history start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Missing 3 Quarter" (BG)   

1896  On December - 08 earnest Angel, German statistician (Law of Angel), dies at 75   

1897  On this day in history leslie Heward, composer   

1899  Natal: British fall/burst out belegerd Ladysmith on this day in history.   

1899  James "Pigmeat" Jarrett, pianist on this day in history.   

1900  Henry Russell, composer, dies at 87 on December - 08.   

1902  Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr became Associate Justice on Supreme Court on this day in history.   

1903  On December - 08 adele Simpson, NYC, fashion designer (Neiman-Marcus Award-1946)   

1903  Herbert Spencer, British engineer/philosopher, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1904  On December - 08 wilmer L Allison Jr, tennis champ (US Open-1935)   

1905  On December - 08 charles Cushing, composer   

1906  Richard Llewellyn, Wales, novelist (How Green Was My Valley) on this day in history.   

1907  King Gustaf V of Sweden accedes to the Swedish throne on this day in history.   

1907  Tony Aubin, composer on this day in history.   

1907  Oscar II Frederick, King of Sweden (-1907)/Norway (-1905), dies on this day in history.   

1908  John Volpe, (Gov-Mass)/US Secretary of Treasury (1969-73) on this day in history.   

1909  On December - 08 bird banding society found   

1911  Lee J Cobb, NYC, actor (Virginian, 12 Angry Men, On the Waterfront) on December - 08.   

1912  Jura Soyfer, writer on December - 08.   

1913  Construction starts on Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco on this day in history.   

1913  Construction starts on Palace of Fine Arts in SF on December - 08.   

1913  Delmore Schwartz, US, poet/short story writer/critic (Shenandoah) on this day in history.   

1914  On December - 08 british & German fleets battle at Falkland Island   

1915  On this day in history jean Sibelius' 5th Symphony in E, premieres   

1915  Denis Harding, soldier on this day in history.   

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1508  Gemma Frisius, [Jemme Reinersz], Frisian geographer/astronomer was born on December - 08.   

1574  On this day in history birth of maria Anna of Bavaria, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1616)   

1626  On December - 08 birth of christina, queen of Sweden who abdicated after becoming Catholic   

1678  On December - 08 birth of horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton, English diplomat (d. 1757)   

1699  On this day in history birth of maria Josepha of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1757)   

1704  Anton de Haen, medical expert (Ratio Medendi) was born on this day in history.   

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

1715  On this day in history birth of john Althuysen, Frisian vicar/poet (Frisianche rymlery)   

0644  Death of Omar I, 2nd kalief of Islam, murdered on this day in history.   

0899  On this day in history arnulf of Carinthia, last emperor of Austria-France, dies   

1292  On this day in history john Peckham, English archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 62   

1587  On this day in history 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 this day in history death of john Davies, English poet (b. 1569)   

1632  On this day in history death of philippe van Lansberge, Flemish astronomer (b. 1561)   

1643  John Pym, English House of Commons member, dies at about 59 on December - 08.