Famous Deaths In December - 08
Monday, 25 January 2021
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.
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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