Page 3: Historical Events In December - 08

1886  Diego Rivera, [Lenin of Mexico], Mexico, painter/wife of Frida Kahlo on December - 08.   

1887  On this day in history vicente Emilio Sojo, composer   

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 this day in history.   

1894  The birth of James Thurber, American writer on this day in history.   

1894  On December - 08 james (Grover) Thurber, Columbus Ohio, humorist (Men, Women & Dogs)   

1894  Willem JF Nuyens, Dutch physician/RC historian, dies at 71 on December - 08.   

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

1896  Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Missing 3 Quarter" (BG) on this day in history.   

1896  Earnest Angel, German statistician (Law of Angel), dies at 75 on December - 08.   

1897  Leslie Heward, composer on this day in history.   

1899  On December - 08 natal: British fall/burst out belegerd Ladysmith   

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

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

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

1903  Adele Simpson, NYC, fashion designer (Neiman-Marcus Award-1946) on this day in history.   

1903  Herbert Spencer, British engineer/philosopher, dies at 83 on December - 08.   

1904  On December - 08 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 December - 08.   

1907  On December - 08 king Gustaf V of Sweden accedes to the Swedish throne.   

1907  Tony Aubin, composer on December - 08.   

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  On December - 08 bird banding society found   

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

1912  On this day in history jura Soyfer, writer   

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

1913  On this day in history construction starts on Palace of Fine Arts in SF   

1913  On December - 08 delmore Schwartz, US, poet/short story writer/critic (Shenandoah)   

1914  On this day in history british & German fleets battle at Falkland Island   

1915  On December - 08 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  Maria Anna of Bavaria, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1616) was born on December - 08.   

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

1678  On this day in history birth of horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton, English diplomat (d. 1757)   

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

1704  On this day in history 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 December - 08.   

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  John Peckham, English archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1587  On this day in history death of mary, Queen of Scots (1560-1587), executed   

1596  On December - 08 death of luis de Carabajal, 1st Jewish author in America, executed in Mexico   

1626  On this day in history death of john Davies, English poet (b. 1569)   

1632  Death of Philippe van Lansberge, Flemish astronomer (b. 1561) on December - 08.   

1643  John Pym, English House of Commons member, dies at about 59 on this day in history.