Famous Birthdays In December - 08
Monday, 18 March 2024
1508 Gemma Frisius, [Jemme Reinersz], Frisian geographer/astronomer was born on December - 08.
1574 Maria Anna of Bavaria, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1616) was born on December - 08.
1626 Christina, queen of Sweden who abdicated after becoming Catholic was born on December - 08.
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 On December - 08 birth of anton de Haen, medical expert (Ratio Medendi)
1708 Francis I, Holy Roman emperor (1745-1765) was born on this day in history.
1715 John Althuysen, Frisian vicar/poet (Frisianche rymlery) was born on December - 08.
1728 Johann G von Zimmermann, Swiss author was born on this day in history.
1730 On this day in history birth of john Ingen Housz, Dutch/English personal physician of Maria Theresia
1730 On this day in history birth of jan Ingenhousz, Dutch-born British physiologist and botanist (d. 1799)
1731 On this day in history birth of frantisek Xaver Dusek, composer
1737 On December - 08 birth of robert Kimmerling, composer
1741 Maximilian JLP Gardel, French dancer/choreographer (Menuet Reine) was born on December - 08.
1744 On this day in history birth of pierre Joseph Candielle, composer
1765 On December - 08 birth of eli Whitney, inventor (Cotton Gin)
1789 On December - 08 birth of john Fawcett, composer
1795 Jacques Francois Gallay, composer was born on this day in history.
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 Adolph Menzel, German painter and graphic artist (d. 1905) was born on this day in history.
1816 August Belmont, Sr., Prussian-born American financier (d. 1890) was born on this day in history.
1817 Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, Danish nobleman and politician (d. 1896) was born on December - 08.
1822 Luther Prentice Bradley, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1910 was born on this day in history.
1826 On this day in history 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 On December - 08 birth of bjornstjerne Bjornson, Norway, novelist (Pa Guds Veje, Nobel-1903)
1832 Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Norwegian author and Nobel laureate (d. 1910) was born on this day in history.
1861 On this day in history birth of aristide Maillol, France, painter/sculptor (Seated Woman)
1861 William Crapo Durant, founded General Machine was born on December - 08.
1862 On this day in history birth of georges Feydeau, French playwright (La Dame de Chez Maxim's)
1865 On December - 08 birth of jacques Hadamard, French mathematician (Taylor series)
1865 Jean Sibelius, Tavastehus Finland, composer (Valse Triste, Finlandia) was born on December - 08.