Famous Birthdays In December - 08

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  On this day in history birth of christina, queen of Sweden who abdicated after becoming Catholic  

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

1699  On December - 08 birth of maria Josepha of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1757)  

1704  On this day in history 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  John Althuysen, Frisian vicar/poet (Frisianche rymlery) was born on this day in history.  

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

1730  On this day in history birth of john Ingen Housz, Dutch/English personal physician of Maria Theresia  

1730  On December - 08 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 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 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  On December - 08 birth of louis Alexander Balthasar Schindelmeisser, composer  

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

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 this day in history.  

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  Robert Bullock, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1905 was born on this day in history.  

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  Aristide Maillol, France, painter/sculptor (Seated Woman) was born on this day in history.  

1861  William Crapo Durant, founded General Machine was born on December - 08.  

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

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

1865  Jean Sibelius, Tavastehus Finland, composer (Valse Triste, Finlandia) was born on December - 08.  

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

0899  Arnulf of Carinthia, last emperor of Austria-France, dies on December - 08.  

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

1587  On December - 08 death of mary, Queen of Scots (1560-1587), executed  

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 December - 08.  

1632  Death of Philippe van Lansberge, Flemish astronomer (b. 1561) on December - 08.  

1643  On this day in history john Pym, English House of Commons member, dies at about 59