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 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 this day in history.   

1826  On this day in history friedrich Siemens, German industrialist   

1828  On December - 08 clinton Bowen Fisk, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1890   

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

1831  James Hoban, architect who designed White House, dies on this day in history.   

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

1846  On December - 08 hector Berlioz's "La Damnation de Faust," premieres   

1849  On December - 08 giuseppe Verdi's opera "Luisa Miller," premieres in Naples   

1852  On December - 08 gustav Freytag's "Die Journalisten," premieres in Breslau   

1854  On this day in history pope Pius IX proclaims Immaculate Conception, makes Mary, free of Original Sin   

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

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

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

1862  On December - 08 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  Abraham Lincoln announces plan for Reconstruction of South on this day in history.   

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

1865  On this day in history 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 December - 08.   

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

1875  On December - 08 aleksandr Ostrovsky's "Volki i Ovsty," premieres in St Petersburg   

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

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

1880  On December - 08 5,000 armed Boers gather in Paardekraal South-Africa   

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

1881  On December - 08 padraic Colum, Irish poet/novelist/poet (Collected Poems)   

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

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

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 December - 08 birth of gemma Frisius, [Jemme Reinersz], Frisian geographer/astronomer   

1574  Maria Anna of Bavaria, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1616) was born on this day in history.   

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 December - 08.   

1699  On December - 08 birth of maria Josepha of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1757)   

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  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  Arnulf of Carinthia, last emperor of Austria-France, dies on December - 08.   

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

1587  On this day in history death of mary, Queen of Scots (1560-1587), executed   

1596  Death of Luis de Carabajal, 1st Jewish author in America, executed in Mexico on this day in history.   

1626  Death of John Davies, English poet (b. 1569) on this day in history.   

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