Famous Birthdays In December - 08

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 December - 08.  

1626  On December - 08 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  Anton de Haen, medical expert (Ratio Medendi) was born on December - 08.  

1708  Francis I, Holy Roman emperor (1745-1765) was born on this day in history.  

1715  On December - 08 birth of john Althuysen, Frisian vicar/poet (Frisianche rymlery)  

1728  Johann G von Zimmermann, Swiss author was born on December - 08.  

1730  On December - 08 birth of john Ingen Housz, Dutch/English personal physician of Maria Theresia  

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1730  On December - 08 birth of jan Ingenhousz, Dutch-born British physiologist and botanist (d. 1799)  

1731  Frantisek Xaver Dusek, composer was born on December - 08.  

1737  On December - 08 birth of robert Kimmerling, composer  

1741  On this day in history birth of maximilian JLP Gardel, French dancer/choreographer (Menuet Reine)  

1744  On this day in history birth of pierre Joseph Candielle, composer  

1765  Eli Whitney, inventor (Cotton Gin) was born on December - 08.  

1789  John Fawcett, composer was born on December - 08.  

1795  On this day in history birth of jacques Francois Gallay, composer  

1795  Peter Andreas Hansen, Danish astronomer (d. 1874) was born on December - 08.  

1811  Louis Alexander Balthasar Schindelmeisser, composer was born on this day in history.  

1815  On this day in history birth of adolph Menzel, German painter and graphic artist (d. 1905)  

1816  August Belmont, Sr., Prussian-born American financier (d. 1890) was born on December - 08.  

1817  On December - 08 birth of christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, Danish nobleman and politician (d. 1896)  

1822  Luther Prentice Bradley, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1910 was born on this day in history.  

1826  On December - 08 birth of friedrich Siemens, German industrialist  

1828  Clinton Bowen Fisk, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1890 was born on December - 08.  

1828  Robert Bullock, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1905 was born on December - 08.  

1832  Bjornstjerne Bjornson, Norway, novelist (Pa Guds Veje, Nobel-1903) was born on December - 08.  

1832  Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Norwegian author and Nobel laureate (d. 1910) was born on this day in history.  

1861  Aristide Maillol, France, painter/sculptor (Seated Woman) was born on December - 08.  

1861  On December - 08 birth of william Crapo Durant, founded General Machine  

1862  On this day in history birth of georges Feydeau, French playwright (La Dame de Chez Maxim's)  

1865  On this day in history birth of jacques Hadamard, French mathematician (Taylor series)  

1865  On December - 08 birth of jean Sibelius, Tavastehus Finland, composer (Valse Triste, Finlandia)  

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0644  Death of Omar I, 2nd kalief of Islam, murdered on December - 08.  

0899  On this day in history arnulf of Carinthia, last emperor of Austria-France, dies  

1292  On December - 08 john Peckham, English archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 62  

1587  Death of Mary, Queen of Scots (1560-1587), executed on December - 08.  

1596  Death of Luis de Carabajal, 1st Jewish author in America, executed in Mexico on December - 08.  

1626  Death of John Davies, English poet (b. 1569) on this day in history.  

1632  On December - 08 death of philippe van Lansberge, Flemish astronomer (b. 1561)  

1643  John Pym, English House of Commons member, dies at about 59 on December - 08.