Famous Birthdays In December - 08

1508  On December - 08 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 this day in history.  

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

1699  On this day in history 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 December - 08.  

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

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

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

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1730  On this day in history birth of jan Ingenhousz, Dutch-born British physiologist and botanist (d. 1799)  

1731  On December - 08 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 December - 08.  

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

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

1789  On this day in history birth of john Fawcett, composer  

1795  On December - 08 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  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 this day in history.  

1822  Luther Prentice Bradley, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1910 was born on December - 08.  

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

1832  On December - 08 birth of bjornstjerne Bjornson, Norway, novelist (Pa Guds Veje, Nobel-1903)  

1832  On December - 08 birth of bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Norwegian author and Nobel laureate (d. 1910)  

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

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

1862  Georges Feydeau, French playwright (La Dame de Chez Maxim's) was born on this day in history.  

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  On December - 08 death of omar I, 2nd kalief of Islam, murdered  

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 this day in history.  

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  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  On this day in history john Pym, English House of Commons member, dies at about 59