Famous Birthdays In December - 08
Thursday, 25 February 2021
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.
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)