Famous Deaths Happened In December - 08
Sunday, 15 June 2025
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 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 this day in history death of john Davies, English poet (b. 1569)
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.
1649 Death of Noël Chabanel, French Jesuit missionary (b. 1613) on December - 08.
1652 Death of Adriaan W "Joris" van Geel, Flemish missionary, murdered at 35 on December - 08.
1680 On this day in history death of henry Pierrepont, 1st Marquess of Dorchester, English politician (b. 1606)
1681 Gerard Terborch, the Younger, Dutch painter/etcher, dies on this day in history.
1691 On December - 08 death of richard Baxter, English clergyman (b. 1615)
1695 Death of Barthélemy d'Herbelot de Molainville, French orientalist (b. 1625) on December - 08.
1709 On December - 08 thomas Corneille, French dramatist, dies at 74
1722 On this day in history elisabeth C "Liselotte" van Palts, German/French duchess, dies at 70
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 On December - 08 death of etienne Fourmont, French orientalist (b. 1683)
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 December - 08 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 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 this day in history.
1830 On December - 08 h Benjamin Constant, French politician/writer, dies at 63
1831 On this day in history james Hoban, architect who designed White House, dies
1859 Death of Thomas de Quincey, English author (b. 1785) on this day in history.
1864 Death of George Boole, British inventor of Boolean algebra (b. 1815) on this day in history.
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 December - 08.
1896 Earnest Angel, German statistician (Law of Angel), dies at 75 on this day in history.
1900 Henry Russell, composer, dies at 87 on this day in history.
1903 Herbert Spencer, British engineer/philosopher, dies at 83 on December - 08.
1907 On this day in history oscar II Frederick, King of Sweden (-1907)/Norway (-1905), dies
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