Famous Birthdays 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  Christina, queen of Sweden who abdicated after becoming Catholic was born on this day in history.  

1678  On December - 08 birth of horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton, English diplomat (d. 1757)  

1699  On December - 08 birth of maria Josepha of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1757)  

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 this day in history.  

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

1728  On December - 08 birth of johann G von Zimmermann, Swiss author  

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

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1730  Jan Ingenhousz, Dutch-born British physiologist and botanist (d. 1799) was born on December - 08.  

1731  Frantisek Xaver Dusek, composer was born on this day in history.  

1737  Robert Kimmerling, composer was born on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history birth of john Fawcett, composer  

1795  On December - 08 birth of jacques Francois Gallay, composer  

1795  Peter Andreas Hansen, Danish astronomer (d. 1874) was born on December - 08.  

1811  Louis Alexander Balthasar Schindelmeisser, composer was born on December - 08.  

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 December - 08.  

1822  On December - 08 birth of luther Prentice Bradley, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1910  

1826  Friedrich Siemens, German industrialist was born on this day in history.  

1828  On this day in history birth of clinton Bowen Fisk, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1890  

1828  Robert Bullock, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1905 was born on December - 08.  

1832  On December - 08 birth of bjornstjerne Bjornson, Norway, novelist (Pa Guds Veje, Nobel-1903)  

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  William Crapo Durant, founded General Machine was born on December - 08.  

1862  On December - 08 birth of georges Feydeau, French playwright (La Dame de Chez Maxim's)  

1865  On this day in history birth of jacques Hadamard, French mathematician (Taylor series)  

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

1292  On this day in history john Peckham, English archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 62  

1587  Death of Mary, Queen of Scots (1560-1587), executed on December - 08.  

1596  Death of Luis de Carabajal, 1st Jewish author in America, executed in Mexico on this day in history.  

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