Portal:The arts/Selected anniversaries/December


 * 1 December 1923 – Belgian poet and novelist Virginie Loveling dies in Nevele at the age of 87
 * 12 December 1998 – The Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia is officially opened in Kuala Lumpur
 * 22 December 1808 – Beethoven (pictured) conducts the world premiere of his Fifth Symphony at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna
 * 24 December 1871 – Verdi's opera Aida receives its world premiere at the Khedivial Opera House in Cairo with Teresa Stolz in the title role
 * 27 December 1915 – Arts administrator and painter Sir Norman Reid, Director of the Tate Gallery from 1964 to 1979, is born in London