Anniversaries

2nd December 1891 (122 Years)

Wilhelm Heinrich Otto Dix, a German painter and printmaker, famous for his ruthless and harshly realistic depictions of Weimar society and the brutality of war, was born in Gera (south of Leipzig).

2nd December 1918 (95 Years)

Edmond Rostand, French poet and playwright, died.

2nd December 1923 (90 Years)

Maria Callas, Greek-American soprano and one of the most influential opera singers of the 20th century was born in New York.

2nd December 1946 (67 Years)

Gianni Versace, Italian fashion designer and founder of Gianni Versace S.p.A., an international fashion house, is born.

2nd December 1950 (63 Years)

I, Robot, a collection of nine science fiction short stories by Isaac Asimov, was published for the first time.

3rd December 1368 (645 Years)

Charles VI of France was born.

3rd December 1818 (195 Years)

Illinois becomes the 21st U.S. state.

3rd December 1919 (94 Years)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, known worldwide as a leading painter in the impressionist style, died.

3rd December 1956 (57 Years)

Alexander Rodchenko, Russian artist, one of the founders of constructivism, dies.

4th December 1892 (121 Years)

Generalissimo Francisco Franco Bahamonde, Spanish dictator who ruled over Spain from 1939 until his death in 1975, was born.

4th December 1914 (99 Years)

Rudolf Hausner, an Austrian painter, draughtsman, print maker and sculptor, was born. Hausner has been described as the first psychoanalytical painter.

5th December 1443 (570 Years)

Pope Julius II, "The Warrior Pope", great patron for the arts (he commissioned the rebuilding of St. Peter's Basilica andMichelangelo's decoration of the Sistine Chapel) was born.

5th December 1766 (247 Years)

In London, James Christie held his first sale.

5th December 1791 (222 Years)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian pianist and composer, died.

5th December 1830 (183 Years)

Christina Rossetti, one of the best-loved English poets, was born.

5th December 1839 (174 Years)

George Armstrong Custer, the American cavalry officer killed at the Battle of Little Big Horn, also known as Custer's Last Stand, was born.

5th December 1926 (87 Years)

Claude Monet, French painter and one of the founders of the Impressionism movement, dies.

5th December 1986 (27 Years)

Durham Cathedral is inscribed on the World Heritage List by UNESCO.

5th December 2013

Nelson Mandela, South African lawyer and politician, 1st President of South Africa, Nobel Prize laureate, died.

5th December 2013

Nelson Mandela, South African lawyer and politician, 1st President of South Africa, Nobel Prize laureate, died. 5 years.

5th December 2013

Nelson Mandela, South African lawyer, 1st President of South Africa, Nobel Prize laureate, died.

6th December 1768 (245 Years)

The first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica is published.

6th December 1917 (96 Years)

Finland declares independence from the Russian Empire.

6th December 1941 (72 Years)

WWII: Japanese forces attacked Pearl Harbour.

6th December 1988 (25 Years)

Roy Orbison, singer of Pretty Woman, dies of heart attack at 52.

7th December 1817 (196 Years)

Vice admiral William Bligh, officer of the British Royal Navy and Capitan of the Bounty, died.

8th December 1793 (220 Years)

Madame du Barry, French mistress of Louis XV of France, died.

8th December 1815 (198 Years)

Adolph Friedrich Erdmann von Menzel, German artist, is born.

8th December 1864 (149 Years)

Camille Claudel, French sculptor and graphic artist, sister of poet and diplomat Paul Claudel, was born. 160 years.

8th December 1864 (149 Years)

Camille Claudel, the French sculptor, was born.

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