Page 2: Historical Events In December - 08

1794  1st issue of Herald of Rutland, VT published on December - 08.   

1795  On December - 08 jacques Francois Gallay, composer   

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  On December - 08 luther Prentice Bradley, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1910   

1826  Friedrich Siemens, German industrialist on this day in history.   

1828  On this day in history 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 this day in history james Hoban, architect who designed White House, dies   

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  Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Luisa Miller," premieres in Naples on December - 08.   

1852  On December - 08 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 this day in history 1st production of Dion Boucicaults "Poor of NY"   

1861  William Durant auto manufacturer cofounder of Chevrolet, founder of General Motors, Durant Motors; was born on this day in history.   

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

1862  On December - 08 georges Feydeau, French playwright (La Dame de Chez Maxim's)   

1863  2,500 reported killed at Church of La Compana, Santiago Chile on this day in history.   

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

1864  On December - 08 pope Pius IX publishes encyclical Quanta cura ("Syllabus errorum")   

1865  Jacques Hadamard, French mathematician (Taylor series) on this day in history.   

1869  On December - 08 20th Roman Catholic ecumenical council, Vatican I, opens in Rome   

1872  On this day in history j C Powys, writer   

1874  Jesse James gang takes train at Muncie Kansas on this day in history.   

1875  Aleksandr Ostrovsky's "Volki i Ovsty," premieres in St Petersburg on December - 08.   

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 this day in history.   

1881  On December - 08 vienna's Ring Theater destroyed by fire, kills between 640-850   

1881  On this day in history padraic Colum, Irish poet/novelist/poet (Collected Poems)   

1882  On this day in history manuel Maria Ponce, Fresnillo Mexico, composer (Estrellita)   

1886  American Federation of Labor (AFL) formed by 26 craft unions; Samuel Gompers elected AFL president on this day in history.   

1886  On December - 08 american Federation of Labor (AFL) formed by 26 craft unions Samuel Gompers elected AFL president   

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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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1715  John Althuysen, Frisian vicar/poet (Frisianche rymlery) was born on December - 08.   

0644  On this day in history death of omar I, 2nd kalief of Islam, murdered   

0899  On this day in history arnulf of Carinthia, last emperor of Austria-France, dies   

1292  John Peckham, English archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 62 on December - 08.   

1587  On December - 08 death of mary, Queen of Scots (1560-1587), executed   

1596  On December - 08 death of luis de Carabajal, 1st Jewish author in America, executed in Mexico   

1626  On December - 08 death of john Davies, English poet (b. 1569)   

1632  On December - 08 death of philippe van Lansberge, Flemish astronomer (b. 1561)   

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