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