Historical Events In December - 08

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

1795  On December - 08 jacques Francois Gallay, composer   

1811  On December - 08 louis Alexander Balthasar Schindelmeisser, composer   

1813  On this day in history ludwig von Beethoven's 7th Symphony in A, premieres   

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

1826  Friedrich Siemens, German industrialist on December - 08.   

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

1830  H Benjamin Constant, French politician/writer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

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  Hector Berlioz's "La Damnation de Faust," premieres on December - 08.   

1849  On December - 08 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 December - 08.   

1857  On December - 08 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 this day in history aristide Maillol, France, painter/sculptor (Seated Woman)   

1862  Georges Feydeau, French playwright (La Dame de Chez Maxim's) on December - 08.   

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  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  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 December - 08.   

1877  Paul Emile Ladmirault, composer on this day in history.   

1880  On this day in history 5,000 armed Boers gather in Paardekraal South-Africa   

1881  Vienna's Ring Theater destroyed by fire, kills between 640-850 on December - 08.   

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

1882  On December - 08 manuel Maria Ponce, Fresnillo Mexico, composer (Estrellita)   

1886  American Federation of Labor (AFL) formed by 26 craft unions; Samuel Gompers elected AFL president on December - 08.   

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

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Next Page »

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

1508  On December - 08 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 this day in history birth of christina, queen of Sweden who abdicated after becoming Catholic   

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

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  On this day in history birth of francis I, Holy Roman emperor (1745-1765)   

1715  On December - 08 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  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  Death of Luis de Carabajal, 1st Jewish author in America, executed in Mexico on December - 08.   

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

1632  Death of Philippe van Lansberge, Flemish astronomer (b. 1561) on this day in history.   

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