Historical Events In December - 08

1794  1st issue of Herald of Rutland, VT published on this day in history.   

1795  Jacques Francois Gallay, composer on this day in history.   

1811  Louis Alexander Balthasar Schindelmeisser, composer on this day in history.   

1813  Ludwig von Beethoven's 7th Symphony in A, premieres on this day in history.   

1822  On this day in history luther Prentice Bradley, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1910   

1826  On December - 08 friedrich Siemens, German industrialist   

1828  Clinton Bowen Fisk, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1890 on this day in history.   

1830  On this day in history h Benjamin Constant, French politician/writer, dies at 63   

1831  James Hoban, architect who designed White House, dies on December - 08.   

1832  Bjornstjerne Bjornson, Norway, novelist (Pa Guds Veje, Nobel-1903) on this day in history.   

1846  Hector Berlioz's "La Damnation de Faust," premieres on this day in history.   

1849  On this day in history giuseppe Verdi's opera "Luisa Miller," premieres in Naples   

1852  Gustav Freytag's "Die Journalisten," premieres in Breslau on this day in history.   

1854  Pope Pius IX proclaims Immaculate Conception, makes Mary, free of Original Sin on this day in history.   

1857  On December - 08 1st production of Dion Boucicaults "Poor of NY"   

1861  On December - 08 william Durant auto manufacturer cofounder of Chevrolet, founder of General Motors, Durant Motors; was born   

1861  On December - 08 aristide Maillol, France, painter/sculptor (Seated Woman)   

1862  On this day in history georges Feydeau, French playwright (La Dame de Chez Maxim's)   

1863  On December - 08 2,500 reported killed at Church of La Compana, Santiago Chile   

1863  On December - 08 abraham Lincoln announces plan for Reconstruction of South   

1864  Pope Pius IX publishes encyclical Quanta cura ("Syllabus errorum") on December - 08.   

1865  On December - 08 jacques Hadamard, French mathematician (Taylor series)   

1869  On this day in history 20th Roman Catholic ecumenical council, Vatican I, opens in Rome   

1872  On December - 08 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  On December - 08 paul Emile Ladmirault, composer   

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 this day in history.   

1881  Padraic Colum, Irish poet/novelist/poet (Collected Poems) on December - 08.   

1882  Manuel Maria Ponce, Fresnillo Mexico, composer (Estrellita) on December - 08.   

1886  On this day in history 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 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 this day in history 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  Maria Josepha of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1757) was born on this day in history.   

1704  On December - 08 birth of anton de Haen, medical expert (Ratio Medendi)   

1708  On December - 08 birth of francis I, Holy Roman emperor (1745-1765)   

1715  On this day in history birth of john Althuysen, Frisian vicar/poet (Frisianche rymlery)   

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 December - 08.   

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

1632  On this day in history death of philippe van Lansberge, Flemish astronomer (b. 1561)   

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