Famous Personalities Born In December - 08

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

1574  Maria Anna of Bavaria, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1616) was born on December - 08.   

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  On December - 08 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 this day in history.   

1715  On December - 08 birth of john Althuysen, Frisian vicar/poet (Frisianche rymlery)   

1728  On this day in history birth of johann G von Zimmermann, Swiss author   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1741  Maximilian JLP Gardel, French dancer/choreographer (Menuet Reine) was born on this day in history.   

1744  On December - 08 birth of pierre Joseph Candielle, composer   

1765  On December - 08 birth of eli Whitney, inventor (Cotton Gin)   

1789  On this day in history birth of john Fawcett, composer   

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  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  August Belmont, Sr., Prussian-born American financier (d. 1890) was born on this day in history.   

1817  Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, Danish nobleman and politician (d. 1896) was born on December - 08.   

1822  Luther Prentice Bradley, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1910 was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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  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 this day in history.   

1865  On December - 08 birth of jacques Hadamard, French mathematician (Taylor series)   

1865  On this day in history 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 December - 08 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 December - 08.   

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 December - 08.   

1632  On this day in history death of philippe van Lansberge, Flemish astronomer (b. 1561)   

1643  On this day in history john Pym, English House of Commons member, dies at about 59