Historical Events In December - 08

1886  On December - 08 diego Rivera, [Lenin of Mexico], Mexico, painter/wife of Frida Kahlo   

1887  Vicente Emilio Sojo, composer on December - 08.   

1888  On this day in history fiske Kimball, US architect/art historian   

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 December - 08 the birth of James Thurber, American writer   

1894  On this day in history james (Grover) Thurber, Columbus Ohio, humorist (Men, Women & Dogs)   

1894  On this day in history 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 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 December - 08.   

1899  James "Pigmeat" Jarrett, pianist on December - 08.   

1900  Henry Russell, composer, dies at 87 on this day in history.   

1902  Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr became Associate Justice on Supreme Court on December - 08.   

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

1905  On this day in history 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  On this day in history oscar II Frederick, King of Sweden (-1907)/Norway (-1905), dies   

1908  On December - 08 john Volpe, (Gov-Mass)/US Secretary of Treasury (1969-73)   

1909  On December - 08 bird banding society found   

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

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 this day in history.   

1913  Delmore Schwartz, US, poet/short story writer/critic (Shenandoah) on December - 08.   

1914  British & German fleets battle at Falkland Island on December - 08.   

1915  On December - 08 jean Sibelius' 5th Symphony in E, premieres   

1915  On December - 08 denis Harding, soldier   

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

1574  Maria Anna of Bavaria, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1616) was born on this day in history.   

1626  On this day in history birth of christina, queen of Sweden who abdicated after becoming Catholic   

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

1699  On December - 08 birth of maria Josepha of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1757)   

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

1587  On December - 08 death of mary, Queen of Scots (1560-1587), executed   

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

1626  Death of John Davies, English poet (b. 1569) on this day in history.   

1632  Death of Philippe van Lansberge, Flemish astronomer (b. 1561) on this day in history.   

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