Page 2: 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 December - 08.   

1811  Louis Alexander Balthasar Schindelmeisser, composer on December - 08.   

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

1822  Luther Prentice Bradley, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1910 on December - 08.   

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  H Benjamin Constant, French politician/writer, dies at 63 on December - 08.   

1831  On this day in history james Hoban, architect who designed White House, dies   

1832  On this day in history bjornstjerne Bjornson, Norway, novelist (Pa Guds Veje, Nobel-1903)   

1846  On this day in history hector Berlioz's "La Damnation de Faust," premieres   

1849  Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Luisa Miller," premieres in Naples on December - 08.   

1852  Gustav Freytag's "Die Journalisten," premieres in Breslau on December - 08.   

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

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 December - 08.   

1861  Aristide Maillol, France, painter/sculptor (Seated Woman) on December - 08.   

1862  Georges Feydeau, French playwright (La Dame de Chez Maxim's) on this day in history.   

1863  On this day in history 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 this day in history pope Pius IX publishes encyclical Quanta cura ("Syllabus errorum")   

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

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

1872  J C Powys, writer on this day in history.   

1874  On this day in history jesse James gang takes train at Muncie Kansas   

1875  Aleksandr Ostrovsky's "Volki i Ovsty," premieres in St Petersburg on this day in history.   

1876  On this day in history suriname begins compulsory education for 7-12 years   

1877  On this day in history paul Emile Ladmirault, composer   

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

1881  Vienna's Ring Theater destroyed by fire, kills between 640-850 on this day in history.   

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  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 December - 08.   

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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 this day in history.   

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

1678  Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton, English diplomat (d. 1757) was born on this day in history.   

1699  Maria Josepha of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1757) was born on this day in history.   

1704  Anton de Haen, medical expert (Ratio Medendi) was born on this day in history.   

1708  Francis I, Holy Roman emperor (1745-1765) was born on this day in history.   

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

0644  Death of Omar I, 2nd kalief of Islam, murdered on this day in history.   

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

1596  On this day in history death of luis de Carabajal, 1st Jewish author in America, executed in Mexico   

1626  Death of John Davies, English poet (b. 1569) on December - 08.   

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

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