Famous Birthdays In December - 08
Tuesday, 06 June 2023
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 this day in history birth of christina, queen of Sweden who abdicated after becoming Catholic
1678 On this day in history birth of horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton, English diplomat (d. 1757)
1699 Maria Josepha of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1757) was born on December - 08.
1704 On December - 08 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 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 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 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 December - 08 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 December - 08 birth of jacques Francois Gallay, composer
1795 On December - 08 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 this day in history.
1816 On December - 08 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 this day in history 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 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 Bjornstjerne Bjornson, Norway, novelist (Pa Guds Veje, Nobel-1903) was born on December - 08.
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 December - 08.
1861 William Crapo Durant, founded General Machine was born on December - 08.
1862 Georges Feydeau, French playwright (La Dame de Chez Maxim's) was born on December - 08.
1865 On December - 08 birth of jacques Hadamard, French mathematician (Taylor series)
1865 Jean Sibelius, Tavastehus Finland, composer (Valse Triste, Finlandia) was born on December - 08.