Portal:Germany/Anniversaries/December/December 8


 * 1708 – Birth of Holy Roman Emperor Francis I
 * 1813 – Birth of priest and social activist Adolph Kolping
 * 1815 – Birth of artist Adolph Menzel
 * 1914 – The German East Asia Squadron is destroyed in the Battle of the Falkland Islands
 * 1955 – Death of mathematician Hermann Weyl