Famous Birthdays In December - 08

1508  On this day in history birth of gemma Frisius, [Jemme Reinersz], Frisian geographer/astronomer  

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

1626  Christina, queen of Sweden who abdicated after becoming Catholic was born on December - 08.  

1678  On December - 08 birth of horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton, English diplomat (d. 1757)  

1699  Maria Josepha of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1757) was born on December - 08.  

1704  On December - 08 birth of anton de Haen, medical expert (Ratio Medendi)  

1708  On this day in history birth of francis I, Holy Roman emperor (1745-1765)  

1715  On December - 08 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 December - 08.  

1730  Jan Ingenhousz, Dutch-born British physiologist and botanist (d. 1799) was born on this day in history.  

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

1737  Robert Kimmerling, composer was born on this day in history.  

1741  Maximilian JLP Gardel, French dancer/choreographer (Menuet Reine) was born on this day in history.  

1744  On December - 08 birth of pierre Joseph Candielle, composer  

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

1789  John Fawcett, composer was born on this day in history.  

1795  Jacques Francois Gallay, composer was born on December - 08.  

1795  Peter Andreas Hansen, Danish astronomer (d. 1874) was born on this day in history.  

1811  Louis Alexander Balthasar Schindelmeisser, composer was born on December - 08.  

1815  Adolph Menzel, German painter and graphic artist (d. 1905) was born on this day in history.  

1816  On this day in history birth of august Belmont, Sr., Prussian-born American financier (d. 1890)  

1817  Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, Danish nobleman and politician (d. 1896) was born on December - 08.  

1822  On December - 08 birth of luther Prentice Bradley, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1910  

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

1828  On December - 08 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 this day in history.  

1861  On December - 08 birth of aristide Maillol, France, painter/sculptor (Seated Woman)  

1861  William Crapo Durant, founded General Machine was born on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

1292  John Peckham, English archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 62 on December - 08.  

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  On this day in history 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 December - 08.