Famous Deaths Happened In December - 08

0644  On this day in history death of omar I, 2nd kalief of Islam, murdered   

0899  On this day in history arnulf of Carinthia, last emperor of Austria-France, dies   

1292  John Peckham, English archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 62 on December - 08.   

1587  On this day in history 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  Death of John Davies, English poet (b. 1569) on December - 08.   

1632  Death of Philippe van Lansberge, Flemish astronomer (b. 1561) on this day in history.   

1643  On December - 08 john Pym, English House of Commons member, dies at about 59   

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.   

1680  Death of Henry Pierrepont, 1st Marquess of Dorchester, English politician (b. 1606) on December - 08.   

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

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  On this day in history elisabeth C "Liselotte" van Palts, German/French duchess, dies at 70   

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

1745  On this day in history death of etienne Fourmont, French orientalist (b. 1683)   

1746  Death of Charles Radclyffe, British politician (b. 1693) on this day in history.   

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  Death of Nathan Alcock, English physician (b. 1707) on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history james Hoban, architect who designed White House, dies   

1859  On December - 08 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  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 this day in history henry Russell, composer, dies at 87   

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

1907  On this day in history 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  On December - 08 birth of maria Josepha of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1757)   

1704  Anton de Haen, medical expert (Ratio Medendi) was born on December - 08.   

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.