Famous Birthdays In December - 08
Friday, 26 July 2024
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 this day in history.
1678 Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton, English diplomat (d. 1757) was born on this day in history.
1699 On this day in history birth of maria Josepha of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1757)
1704 Anton de Haen, medical expert (Ratio Medendi) was born on December - 08.
1708 Francis I, Holy Roman emperor (1745-1765) was born on December - 08.
1715 John Althuysen, Frisian vicar/poet (Frisianche rymlery) was born on December - 08.
1728 Johann G von Zimmermann, Swiss author was born on this day in history.
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 December - 08 birth of frantisek Xaver Dusek, composer
1737 On this day in history birth of robert Kimmerling, composer
1741 Maximilian JLP Gardel, French dancer/choreographer (Menuet Reine) was born on December - 08.
1744 On this day in history 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 On this day in history birth of jacques Francois Gallay, composer
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 December - 08.
1816 On this day in history birth of august Belmont, Sr., Prussian-born American financier (d. 1890)
1817 On this day in history birth of christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, Danish nobleman and politician (d. 1896)
1822 On December - 08 birth of luther Prentice Bradley, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1910
1826 Friedrich Siemens, German industrialist was born on December - 08.
1828 On this day in history 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 Bjornstjerne Bjornson, Norway, novelist (Pa Guds Veje, Nobel-1903) was born on this day in history.
1832 Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Norwegian author and Nobel laureate (d. 1910) was born on this day in history.
1861 On this day in history 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 December - 08.
1865 On this day in history birth of jacques Hadamard, French mathematician (Taylor series)
1865 On this day in history birth of jean Sibelius, Tavastehus Finland, composer (Valse Triste, Finlandia)