Historical Events In December - 08

1886  On December - 08 diego Rivera, [Lenin of Mexico], Mexico, painter/wife of Frida Kahlo   

1887  On December - 08 vicente Emilio Sojo, composer   

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

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  The birth of James Thurber, American writer on this day in history.   

1894  James (Grover) Thurber, Columbus Ohio, humorist (Men, Women & Dogs) on this day in history.   

1894  On December - 08 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  On December - 08 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 December - 08.   

1899  On December - 08 james "Pigmeat" Jarrett, pianist   

1900  On this day in history henry Russell, composer, dies at 87   

1902  Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr became Associate Justice on Supreme Court on December - 08.   

1903  On December - 08 adele Simpson, NYC, fashion designer (Neiman-Marcus Award-1946)   

1903  On this day in history herbert Spencer, British engineer/philosopher, dies at 83   

1904  Wilmer L Allison Jr, tennis champ (US Open-1935) on December - 08.   

1905  On this day in history charles Cushing, composer   

1906  Richard Llewellyn, Wales, novelist (How Green Was My Valley) on this day in history.   

1907  On December - 08 king Gustaf V of Sweden accedes to the Swedish throne.   

1907  On this day in history tony Aubin, composer   

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 this day in history.   

1912  On this day in history jura Soyfer, writer   

1913  Construction starts on Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history british & German fleets battle at Falkland Island   

1915  On this day in history jean Sibelius' 5th Symphony in E, premieres   

1915  Denis Harding, soldier on this day in history.   

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1508  Gemma Frisius, [Jemme Reinersz], Frisian geographer/astronomer was born on December - 08.   

1574  On this day in history birth of maria Anna of Bavaria, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1616)   

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

1678  On this day in history birth of horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton, English diplomat (d. 1757)   

1699  Maria Josepha of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1757) was born on December - 08.   

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  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 this day in history.   

1292  On this day in history john Peckham, English archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 62   

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

1632  Death of Philippe van Lansberge, Flemish astronomer (b. 1561) on December - 08.   

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