Famous Personalities Born In December - 08

1508  Gemma Frisius, [Jemme Reinersz], Frisian geographer/astronomer was born on this day in history.   

1574  On December - 08 birth of maria Anna of Bavaria, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1616)   

1626  On December - 08 birth of christina, queen of Sweden who abdicated after becoming Catholic   

1678  Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton, English diplomat (d. 1757) was born on December - 08.   

1699  Maria Josepha of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1757) was born on December - 08.   

1704  On this day in history birth of anton de Haen, medical expert (Ratio Medendi)   

1708  Francis I, Holy Roman emperor (1745-1765) was born on December - 08.   

1715  John Althuysen, Frisian vicar/poet (Frisianche rymlery) was born on this day in history.   

1728  Johann G von Zimmermann, Swiss author was born on December - 08.   

1730  John Ingen Housz, Dutch/English personal physician of Maria Theresia was born on December - 08.   

1730  On December - 08 birth of jan Ingenhousz, Dutch-born British physiologist and botanist (d. 1799)   

1731  On December - 08 birth of frantisek Xaver Dusek, composer   

1737  On December - 08 birth of robert Kimmerling, composer   

1741  On this day in history birth of maximilian JLP Gardel, French dancer/choreographer (Menuet Reine)   

1744  On this day in history birth of pierre Joseph Candielle, composer   

1765  On this day in history birth of eli Whitney, inventor (Cotton Gin)   

1789  John Fawcett, composer was born on this day in history.   

1795  On this day in history birth of jacques Francois Gallay, composer   

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

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 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 this day in history.   

1822  On this day in history birth of luther Prentice Bradley, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1910   

1826  On December - 08 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 December - 08.   

1832  On this day in history birth of bjornstjerne Bjornson, Norway, novelist (Pa Guds Veje, Nobel-1903)   

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

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 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 December - 08.   

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

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0644  Death of Omar I, 2nd kalief of Islam, murdered on this day in history.   

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

1292  John Peckham, English archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 62 on December - 08.   

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 this day in history.   

1626  On December - 08 death of john Davies, English poet (b. 1569)   

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

1643  On December - 08 john Pym, English House of Commons member, dies at about 59