Historical Events In December - 08

1886  Diego Rivera, [Lenin of Mexico], Mexico, painter/wife of Frida Kahlo on this day in history.   

1887  On this day in history vicente Emilio Sojo, composer   

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

1889  On this day in history w Hervey Allen, US writer/poet (Anthony Adverse)   

1890  On December - 08 bohuslav Jan Martinu, Policka Czechoslovakia, composer (Hry o Marti)   

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  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1896  Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Missing 3 Quarter" (BG) on December - 08.   

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

1897  On this day in history leslie Heward, composer   

1899  On this day in history natal: British fall/burst out belegerd Ladysmith   

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

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

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

1903  On this day in history adele Simpson, NYC, fashion designer (Neiman-Marcus Award-1946)   

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

1904  Wilmer L Allison Jr, tennis champ (US Open-1935) on this day in history.   

1905  Charles Cushing, composer on December - 08.   

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

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

1909  Bird banding society found on December - 08.   

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

1912  Jura Soyfer, writer on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1915  Jean Sibelius' 5th Symphony in E, premieres on this day in history.   

1915  On this day in history denis Harding, soldier   

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1508  On this day in history birth of gemma Frisius, [Jemme Reinersz], Frisian geographer/astronomer   

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

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 December - 08.   

1643  On December - 08 john Pym, English House of Commons member, dies at about 59