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 this day in history.   

1888  Fiske Kimball, US architect/art historian on December - 08.   

1889  W Hervey Allen, US writer/poet (Anthony Adverse) on this day in history.   

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

1894  On this day in history the birth of James Thurber, American writer   

1894  James (Grover) Thurber, Columbus Ohio, humorist (Men, Women & Dogs) on December - 08.   

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

1895  On December - 08 battle at Amba Alagi: Ethiopian emperor Menelik II drives Italian general Baratieri's out   

1896  On December - 08 start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Missing 3 Quarter" (BG)   

1896  Earnest Angel, German statistician (Law of Angel), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1897  Leslie Heward, composer on December - 08.   

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

1899  On this day in history james "Pigmeat" Jarrett, pianist   

1900  On December - 08 henry Russell, composer, dies at 87   

1902  On December - 08 oliver Wendell Holmes Jr became Associate Justice on Supreme Court   

1903  Adele Simpson, NYC, fashion designer (Neiman-Marcus Award-1946) on December - 08.   

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

1904  On this day in history wilmer L Allison Jr, tennis champ (US Open-1935)   

1905  Charles Cushing, composer on December - 08.   

1906  Richard Llewellyn, Wales, novelist (How Green Was My Valley) on December - 08.   

1907  On this day in history king Gustaf V of Sweden accedes to the Swedish throne.   

1907  On December - 08 tony Aubin, composer   

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

1908  On this day in history john Volpe, (Gov-Mass)/US Secretary of Treasury (1969-73)   

1909  Bird banding society found on December - 08.   

1911  On this day in history lee J Cobb, NYC, actor (Virginian, 12 Angry Men, On the Waterfront)   

1912  On this day in history jura Soyfer, writer   

1913  On December - 08 construction starts on Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco   

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

1913  On this day in history delmore Schwartz, US, poet/short story writer/critic (Shenandoah)   

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 December - 08.   

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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  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 this day in history.   

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

1708  Francis I, Holy Roman emperor (1745-1765) was born on December - 08.   

1715  On this day in history 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  Death of Mary, Queen of Scots (1560-1587), executed on December - 08.   

1596  Death of Luis de Carabajal, 1st Jewish author in America, executed in Mexico on this day in history.   

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.