Famous Birthdays In December - 08

1508  Gemma Frisius, [Jemme Reinersz], Frisian geographer/astronomer was born on this day in history.  

1574  On December - 08 birth of maria Anna of Bavaria, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1616)  

1626  On this day in history 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 December - 08.  

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  On this day in history birth of francis I, Holy Roman emperor (1745-1765)  

1715  On this day in history birth of john Althuysen, Frisian vicar/poet (Frisianche rymlery)  

1728  On December - 08 birth of johann G von Zimmermann, Swiss author  

1730  John Ingen Housz, Dutch/English personal physician of Maria Theresia was born on this day in history.  

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1730  Jan Ingenhousz, Dutch-born British physiologist and botanist (d. 1799) was born on December - 08.  

1731  On this day in history birth of frantisek Xaver Dusek, composer  

1737  On this day in history birth of robert Kimmerling, composer  

1741  On December - 08 birth of maximilian JLP Gardel, French dancer/choreographer (Menuet Reine)  

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 this day in history birth of john Fawcett, composer  

1795  Jacques Francois Gallay, composer was born on this day in history.  

1795  On this day in history birth of peter Andreas Hansen, Danish astronomer (d. 1874)  

1811  On this day in history birth of louis Alexander Balthasar Schindelmeisser, composer  

1815  Adolph Menzel, German painter and graphic artist (d. 1905) was born on December - 08.  

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

1817  Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, Danish nobleman and politician (d. 1896) was born on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history birth of clinton Bowen Fisk, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1890  

1828  On this day in history birth of robert Bullock, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1905  

1832  On this day in history birth of bjornstjerne Bjornson, Norway, novelist (Pa Guds Veje, Nobel-1903)  

1832  Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Norwegian author and Nobel laureate (d. 1910) was born on December - 08.  

1861  On this day in history birth of aristide Maillol, France, painter/sculptor (Seated Woman)  

1861  On this day in history birth of william Crapo Durant, founded General Machine  

1862  Georges Feydeau, French playwright (La Dame de Chez Maxim's) was born on December - 08.  

1865  On December - 08 birth of jacques Hadamard, French mathematician (Taylor series)  

1865  On this day in history birth of jean Sibelius, Tavastehus Finland, composer (Valse Triste, Finlandia)  

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0644  On this day in history death of omar I, 2nd kalief of Islam, murdered  

0899  On December - 08 arnulf of Carinthia, last emperor of Austria-France, dies  

1292  On this day in history john Peckham, English archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 62  

1587  On this day in history death of mary, Queen of Scots (1560-1587), executed  

1596  On December - 08 death of luis de Carabajal, 1st Jewish author in America, executed in Mexico  

1626  On December - 08 death of john Davies, English poet (b. 1569)  

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 this day in history.