Famous Deaths In December - 08
Wednesday, 10 August 2022
0644 On this day in history death of omar I, 2nd kalief of Islam, murdered
0899 On December - 08 arnulf of Carinthia, last emperor of Austria-France, dies
1292 John Peckham, English archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 62 on this day in history.
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 December - 08.
1626 On this day in history death of john Davies, English poet (b. 1569)
1632 Death of Philippe van Lansberge, Flemish astronomer (b. 1561) on this day in history.
1643 John Pym, English House of Commons member, dies at about 59 on this day in history.
1649 On this day in history death of noël Chabanel, French Jesuit missionary (b. 1613)
1652 On December - 08 death of adriaan W "Joris" van Geel, Flemish missionary, murdered at 35
1680 Death of Henry Pierrepont, 1st Marquess of Dorchester, English politician (b. 1606) on this day in history.
1681 Gerard Terborch, the Younger, Dutch painter/etcher, dies on December - 08.
1691 Death of Richard Baxter, English clergyman (b. 1615) on this day in history.
1695 Death of Barthélemy d'Herbelot de Molainville, French orientalist (b. 1625) on December - 08.
1709 Thomas Corneille, French dramatist, dies at 74 on this day in history.
1722 Elisabeth C "Liselotte" van Palts, German/French duchess, dies at 70 on December - 08.
1744 Death of Marie-Anne de Mailly-Nesle duchess de Châteauroux, mistress of King Louis XV of France (b. 1717) on December - 08.
1745 Death of Etienne Fourmont, French orientalist (b. 1683) on December - 08.
1746 Death of Charles Radclyffe, British politician (b. 1693) on this day in history.
1756 On this day in history death of william Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington, British statesman and diplomat
1768 Death of Jean Denis Attiret, French Jesuit missionary (b. 1702) on this day in history.
1779 Death of Nathan Alcock, English physician (b. 1707) on December - 08.
1785 Antonio Maria Mazzoni, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.
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 On this day in history h Benjamin Constant, French politician/writer, dies at 63
1831 James Hoban, architect who designed White House, dies on December - 08.
1859 On December - 08 death of thomas de Quincey, English author (b. 1785)
1864 Death of George Boole, British inventor of Boolean algebra (b. 1815) on this day in history.
1885 On this day in history death of william Henry Vanderbilt, member of the Vanderbilt family (b. 1821)
1894 Willem JF Nuyens, Dutch physician/RC historian, dies at 71 on December - 08.
1896 On December - 08 earnest Angel, German statistician (Law of Angel), dies at 75
1900 On this day in history 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 December - 08.
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