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 this day in history.   

1888  Fiske Kimball, US architect/art historian on December - 08.   

1889  W Hervey Allen, US writer/poet (Anthony Adverse) on December - 08.   

1890  Bohuslav Jan Martinu, Policka Czechoslovakia, composer (Hry o Marti) on this day in history.   

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

1896  On December - 08 start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Missing 3 Quarter" (BG)   

1896  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

1904  On this day in history wilmer L Allison Jr, tennis champ (US Open-1935)   

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 this day in history.   

1907  On December - 08 oscar II Frederick, King of Sweden (-1907)/Norway (-1905), dies   

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

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  Jura Soyfer, writer on this day in history.   

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

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

1913  Delmore Schwartz, US, poet/short story writer/critic (Shenandoah) on this day in history.   

1914  British & German fleets battle at Falkland Island on this day in history.   

1915  Jean Sibelius' 5th Symphony in E, premieres on December - 08.   

1915  Denis Harding, soldier on December - 08.   

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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 December - 08.   

1626  Christina, queen of Sweden who abdicated after becoming Catholic was born on this day in history.   

1678  On December - 08 birth of horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton, English diplomat (d. 1757)   

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 this day in history.   

1715  On December - 08 birth of john Althuysen, Frisian vicar/poet (Frisianche rymlery)   

0644  Death of Omar I, 2nd kalief of Islam, murdered on December - 08.   

0899  Arnulf of Carinthia, last emperor of Austria-France, dies on December - 08.   

1292  John Peckham, English archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1587  Death of Mary, Queen of Scots (1560-1587), executed on this day in history.   

1596  On this day in history 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  On December - 08 death of philippe van Lansberge, Flemish astronomer (b. 1561)   

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