Famous Birthdays In December - 08

1508  Gemma Frisius, [Jemme Reinersz], Frisian geographer/astronomer was born on December - 08.  

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  Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton, English diplomat (d. 1757) was born on this day in history.  

1699  Maria Josepha of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1757) was born on this day in history.  

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

1731  Frantisek Xaver Dusek, composer was born on December - 08.  

1737  Robert Kimmerling, composer was born on December - 08.  

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

1744  Pierre Joseph Candielle, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1789  John Fawcett, composer was born on December - 08.  

1795  On December - 08 birth of jacques Francois Gallay, composer  

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

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 December - 08 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 this day in history birth of luther Prentice Bradley, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1910  

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 this day in history.  

1828  Robert Bullock, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1905 was born on this day in history.  

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

1832  On this day in history birth of bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Norwegian author and Nobel laureate (d. 1910)  

1861  Aristide Maillol, France, painter/sculptor (Seated Woman) was born on December - 08.  

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

1862  On this day in history birth of georges Feydeau, French playwright (La Dame de Chez Maxim's)  

1865  Jacques Hadamard, French mathematician (Taylor series) was born on December - 08.  

1865  On December - 08 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 December - 08.  

0899  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.  

1626  On this day in history death of john Davies, English poet (b. 1569)  

1632  Death of Philippe van Lansberge, Flemish astronomer (b. 1561) on this day in history.  

1643  John Pym, English House of Commons member, dies at about 59 on this day in history.