Historical Events In December - 08
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1794 On December - 08 1st issue of Herald of Rutland, VT published
1795 Jacques Francois Gallay, composer on December - 08.
1811 On this day in history louis Alexander Balthasar Schindelmeisser, composer
1813 On December - 08 ludwig von Beethoven's 7th Symphony in A, premieres
1822 Luther Prentice Bradley, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1910 on this day in history.
1826 On this day in history friedrich Siemens, German industrialist
1828 On December - 08 clinton Bowen Fisk, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1890
1830 On December - 08 h Benjamin Constant, French politician/writer, dies at 63
1831 On December - 08 james Hoban, architect who designed White House, dies
1832 Bjornstjerne Bjornson, Norway, novelist (Pa Guds Veje, Nobel-1903) on this day in history.
1846 On December - 08 hector Berlioz's "La Damnation de Faust," premieres
1849 Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Luisa Miller," premieres in Naples on this day in history.
1852 On this day in history gustav Freytag's "Die Journalisten," premieres in Breslau
1854 On December - 08 pope Pius IX proclaims Immaculate Conception, makes Mary, free of Original Sin
1857 On December - 08 1st production of Dion Boucicaults "Poor of NY"
1861 On this day in history william Durant auto manufacturer cofounder of Chevrolet, founder of General Motors, Durant Motors; was born
1861 On this day in history aristide Maillol, France, painter/sculptor (Seated Woman)
1862 Georges Feydeau, French playwright (La Dame de Chez Maxim's) on this day in history.
1863 2,500 reported killed at Church of La Compana, Santiago Chile on December - 08.
1863 Abraham Lincoln announces plan for Reconstruction of South on December - 08.
1864 Pope Pius IX publishes encyclical Quanta cura ("Syllabus errorum") on this day in history.
1865 Jacques Hadamard, French mathematician (Taylor series) on December - 08.
1869 20th Roman Catholic ecumenical council, Vatican I, opens in Rome on this day in history.
1872 On this day in history j C Powys, writer
1874 Jesse James gang takes train at Muncie Kansas on December - 08.
1875 On December - 08 aleksandr Ostrovsky's "Volki i Ovsty," premieres in St Petersburg
1876 Suriname begins compulsory education for 7-12 years on this day in history.
1877 Paul Emile Ladmirault, composer on December - 08.
1880 5,000 armed Boers gather in Paardekraal South-Africa on December - 08.
1881 Vienna's Ring Theater destroyed by fire, kills between 640-850 on December - 08.
1881 On December - 08 padraic Colum, Irish poet/novelist/poet (Collected Poems)
1882 On December - 08 manuel Maria Ponce, Fresnillo Mexico, composer (Estrellita)
1886 On December - 08 american Federation of Labor (AFL) formed by 26 craft unions; Samuel Gompers elected AFL president
1886 American Federation of Labor (AFL) formed by 26 craft unions Samuel Gompers elected AFL president on December - 08.
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