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  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.  

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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  On this day in history 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 December - 08 death of philippe van Lansberge, Flemish astronomer (b. 1561)  

1643  John Pym, English House of Commons member, dies at about 59 on December - 08.