Historical Events In December - 08

1886  On this day in history diego Rivera, [Lenin of Mexico], Mexico, painter/wife of Frida Kahlo   

1887  On this day in history vicente Emilio Sojo, composer   

1888  Fiske Kimball, US architect/art historian on this day in history.   

1889  W Hervey Allen, US writer/poet (Anthony Adverse) on this day in history.   

1890  Bohuslav Jan Martinu, Policka Czechoslovakia, composer (Hry o Marti) on this day in history.   

1894  On December - 08 the birth of James Thurber, American writer   

1894  On this day in history james (Grover) Thurber, Columbus Ohio, humorist (Men, Women & Dogs)   

1894  Willem JF Nuyens, Dutch physician/RC historian, dies at 71 on December - 08.   

1895  On December - 08 battle at Amba Alagi: Ethiopian emperor Menelik II drives Italian general Baratieri's out   

1896  On December - 08 start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Missing 3 Quarter" (BG)   

1896  On December - 08 earnest Angel, German statistician (Law of Angel), dies at 75   

1897  Leslie Heward, composer on this day in history.   

1899  On December - 08 natal: British fall/burst out belegerd Ladysmith   

1899  James "Pigmeat" Jarrett, pianist on December - 08.   

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

1902  Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr became Associate Justice on Supreme Court on this day in history.   

1903  Adele Simpson, NYC, fashion designer (Neiman-Marcus Award-1946) on December - 08.   

1903  Herbert Spencer, British engineer/philosopher, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1904  On December - 08 wilmer L Allison Jr, tennis champ (US Open-1935)   

1905  Charles Cushing, composer on December - 08.   

1906  On this day in history richard Llewellyn, Wales, novelist (How Green Was My Valley)   

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

1907  Tony Aubin, composer on December - 08.   

1907  On December - 08 oscar II Frederick, King of Sweden (-1907)/Norway (-1905), dies   

1908  John Volpe, (Gov-Mass)/US Secretary of Treasury (1969-73) on December - 08.   

1909  On December - 08 bird banding society found   

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  On this day in history construction starts on Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco   

1913  Construction starts on Palace of Fine Arts in SF on December - 08.   

1913  On December - 08 delmore Schwartz, US, poet/short story writer/critic (Shenandoah)   

1914  On this day in history british & German fleets battle at Falkland Island   

1915  On December - 08 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 this day in history.   

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

1626  On this day in history 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  Death of Omar I, 2nd kalief of Islam, murdered on December - 08.   

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  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 this day in history death of john Davies, English poet (b. 1569)   

1632  On this day in history 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