Famous Birthdays In December - 08
Wednesday, 08 February 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 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 On this day in history birth of francis I, Holy Roman emperor (1745-1765)
1715 John Althuysen, Frisian vicar/poet (Frisianche rymlery) was born on this day in history.
1728 On December - 08 birth of johann G von Zimmermann, Swiss author
1730 On this day in history birth of john Ingen Housz, Dutch/English personal physician of Maria Theresia
1730 On December - 08 birth of jan Ingenhousz, Dutch-born British physiologist and botanist (d. 1799)
1731 On this day in history birth of frantisek Xaver Dusek, composer
1737 On this day in history birth of robert Kimmerling, composer
1741 On December - 08 birth of maximilian JLP Gardel, French dancer/choreographer (Menuet Reine)
1744 On this day in history birth of pierre Joseph Candielle, composer
1765 On December - 08 birth of eli Whitney, inventor (Cotton Gin)
1789 On December - 08 birth of john Fawcett, composer
1795 Jacques Francois Gallay, composer was born on this day in history.
1795 Peter Andreas Hansen, Danish astronomer (d. 1874) was born on December - 08.
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 this day in history 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 December - 08 birth of luther Prentice Bradley, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1910
1826 On December - 08 birth of friedrich Siemens, German industrialist
1828 On December - 08 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 this day in history.
1832 On this day in history 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 Aristide Maillol, France, painter/sculptor (Seated Woman) was born on this day in history.
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 this day in history birth of jacques Hadamard, French mathematician (Taylor series)
1865 Jean Sibelius, Tavastehus Finland, composer (Valse Triste, Finlandia) was born on December - 08.