Famous Deaths In December - 08

0644  On December - 08 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 this day in history.  

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

1626  On December - 08 death of john Davies, English poet (b. 1569)  

1632  Death of Philippe van Lansberge, Flemish astronomer (b. 1561) on December - 08.  

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

1649  Death of Noël Chabanel, French Jesuit missionary (b. 1613) on this day in history.  

1652  Death of Adriaan W "Joris" van Geel, Flemish missionary, murdered at 35 on December - 08.  

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1680  On this day in history death of henry Pierrepont, 1st Marquess of Dorchester, English politician (b. 1606)  

1681  On this day in history gerard Terborch, the Younger, Dutch painter/etcher, dies  

1691  On December - 08 death of richard Baxter, English clergyman (b. 1615)  

1695  On December - 08 death of barthélemy d'Herbelot de Molainville, French orientalist (b. 1625)  

1709  On this day in history thomas Corneille, French dramatist, dies at 74  

1722  Elisabeth C "Liselotte" van Palts, German/French duchess, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

1744  On this day in history death of marie-Anne de Mailly-Nesle duchess de Châteauroux, mistress of King Louis XV of France (b. 1717)  

1745  Death of Etienne Fourmont, French orientalist (b. 1683) on this day in history.  

1746  On December - 08 death of charles Radclyffe, British politician (b. 1693)  

1756  On December - 08 death of william Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington, British statesman and diplomat  

1768  On this day in history death of jean Denis Attiret, French Jesuit missionary (b. 1702)  

1779  On this day in history death of nathan Alcock, English physician (b. 1707)  

1785  Antonio Maria Mazzoni, composer, dies at 68 on December - 08.  

1811  Death of Eliza Poe, English-born American actress and the mother of the American author Edgar Allan Poe(b. 1787) on December - 08.  

1830  H Benjamin Constant, French politician/writer, dies at 63 on December - 08.  

1831  On December - 08 james Hoban, architect who designed White House, dies  

1859  On December - 08 death of thomas de Quincey, English author (b. 1785)  

1864  On December - 08 death of george Boole, British inventor of Boolean algebra (b. 1815)  

1885  On December - 08 death of william Henry Vanderbilt, member of the Vanderbilt family (b. 1821)  

1894  Willem JF Nuyens, Dutch physician/RC historian, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

1896  On this day in history earnest Angel, German statistician (Law of Angel), dies at 75  

1900  On December - 08 henry Russell, composer, dies at 87  

1903  On December - 08 herbert Spencer, British engineer/philosopher, dies at 83  

1907  Oscar II Frederick, King of Sweden (-1907)/Norway (-1905), dies on this day in history.  

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1508  Gemma Frisius, [Jemme Reinersz], Frisian geographer/astronomer was born on this day in history.  

1574  On this day in history birth of maria Anna of Bavaria, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1616)  

1626  Christina, queen of Sweden who abdicated after becoming Catholic was born on this day in history.  

1678  Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton, English diplomat (d. 1757) was born on December - 08.  

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  On December - 08 birth of francis I, Holy Roman emperor (1745-1765)  

1715  John Althuysen, Frisian vicar/poet (Frisianche rymlery) was born on December - 08.