Page 3: Historical Events In December - 08

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

1887  On December - 08 vicente Emilio Sojo, composer   

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  On December - 08 bohuslav Jan Martinu, Policka Czechoslovakia, composer (Hry o Marti)   

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  Willem JF Nuyens, Dutch physician/RC historian, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

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

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  On December - 08 leslie Heward, composer   

1899  Natal: British fall/burst out belegerd Ladysmith on December - 08.   

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

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  On this day in history herbert Spencer, British engineer/philosopher, dies at 83   

1904  Wilmer L Allison Jr, tennis champ (US Open-1935) on December - 08.   

1905  Charles Cushing, composer on this day in history.   

1906  On December - 08 richard Llewellyn, Wales, novelist (How Green Was My Valley)   

1907  King Gustaf V of Sweden accedes to the Swedish throne on December - 08.   

1907  On December - 08 tony Aubin, composer   

1907  Oscar II Frederick, King of Sweden (-1907)/Norway (-1905), dies on December - 08.   

1908  John Volpe, (Gov-Mass)/US Secretary of Treasury (1969-73) on December - 08.   

1909  On December - 08 bird banding society found   

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

1912  Jura Soyfer, writer on December - 08.   

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

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

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

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

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

1915  On December - 08 denis Harding, soldier   

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1508  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.   

1699  On this day in history 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  John Althuysen, Frisian vicar/poet (Frisianche rymlery) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1643  On this day in history john Pym, English House of Commons member, dies at about 59