Famous Deaths Happened In December - 08

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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1508  Gemma Frisius, [Jemme Reinersz], Frisian geographer/astronomer was born on this day in history.   

1574  On December - 08 birth of maria Anna of Bavaria, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1616)   

1626  Christina, queen of Sweden who abdicated after becoming Catholic was born on December - 08.   

1678  On December - 08 birth of horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton, English diplomat (d. 1757)   

1699  On this day in history birth of maria Josepha of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1757)   

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

1708  Francis I, Holy Roman emperor (1745-1765) was born on December - 08.   

1715  On December - 08 birth of john Althuysen, Frisian vicar/poet (Frisianche rymlery)