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

1678  On this day in history 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 December - 08 birth of john Althuysen, Frisian vicar/poet (Frisianche rymlery)  

1728  Johann G von Zimmermann, Swiss author was born on this day in history.  

1730  On December - 08 birth of john Ingen Housz, Dutch/English personal physician of Maria Theresia  

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1730  On December - 08 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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

1795  On December - 08 birth of peter Andreas Hansen, Danish astronomer (d. 1874)  

1811  Louis Alexander Balthasar Schindelmeisser, composer was born on this day in history.  

1815  On this day in history birth of adolph Menzel, German painter and graphic artist (d. 1905)  

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

1826  Friedrich Siemens, German industrialist was born on December - 08.  

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 December - 08.  

1832  Bjornstjerne Bjornson, Norway, novelist (Pa Guds Veje, Nobel-1903) was born on December - 08.  

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

1861  On this day in history 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 December - 08 birth of georges Feydeau, French playwright (La Dame de Chez Maxim's)  

1865  Jacques Hadamard, French mathematician (Taylor series) was born on this day in history.  

1865  Jean Sibelius, Tavastehus Finland, composer (Valse Triste, Finlandia) was born on this day in history.  

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0644  On this day in history 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 December - 08.  

1587  Death of Mary, Queen of Scots (1560-1587), executed on this day in history.  

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 this day in history death of philippe van Lansberge, Flemish astronomer (b. 1561)  

1643  John Pym, English House of Commons member, dies at about 59 on December - 08.