Famous Deaths In December - 08

0644  Death of Omar I, 2nd kalief of Islam, murdered on this day in history.  

0899  Arnulf of Carinthia, last emperor of Austria-France, dies on this day in history.  

1292  On this day in history john Peckham, English archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 62  

1587  On December - 08 death of mary, Queen of Scots (1560-1587), executed  

1596  Death of Luis de Carabajal, 1st Jewish author in America, executed in Mexico on December - 08.  

1626  On December - 08 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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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1680  On December - 08 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  Death of Richard Baxter, English clergyman (b. 1615) on this day in history.  

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

1709  On December - 08 thomas Corneille, French dramatist, dies at 74  

1722  Elisabeth C "Liselotte" van Palts, German/French duchess, dies at 70 on December - 08.  

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 this day in history death of etienne Fourmont, French orientalist (b. 1683)  

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

1756  Death of William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington, British statesman and diplomat on December - 08.  

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  On this day in history antonio Maria Mazzoni, composer, dies at 68  

1811  On this day in history death of eliza Poe, English-born American actress and the mother of the American author Edgar Allan Poe(b. 1787)  

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

1831  James Hoban, architect who designed White House, dies on this day in history.  

1859  On this day in history death of thomas de Quincey, English author (b. 1785)  

1864  On this day in history death of george Boole, British inventor of Boolean algebra (b. 1815)  

1885  Death of William Henry Vanderbilt, member of the Vanderbilt family (b. 1821) on December - 08.  

1894  On December - 08 willem JF Nuyens, Dutch physician/RC historian, dies at 71  

1896  On December - 08 earnest Angel, German statistician (Law of Angel), dies at 75  

1900  Henry Russell, composer, dies at 87 on December - 08.  

1903  Herbert Spencer, British engineer/philosopher, dies at 83 on this day in history.  

1907  On December - 08 oscar II Frederick, King of Sweden (-1907)/Norway (-1905), dies  

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1508  Gemma Frisius, [Jemme Reinersz], Frisian geographer/astronomer was born on December - 08.  

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

1626  On December - 08 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 this day in history.  

1704  Anton de Haen, medical expert (Ratio Medendi) was born on this day in history.  

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.