Famous Deaths Happened In December - 08
Wednesday, 07 January 2026
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 this day in history. 

1626 Death of John Davies, English poet (b. 1569) on this day in history. 

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 On December - 08 death of noël Chabanel, French Jesuit missionary (b. 1613) 

1652 On December - 08 death of adriaan W "Joris" van Geel, Flemish missionary, murdered at 35 

1680 Death of Henry Pierrepont, 1st Marquess of Dorchester, English politician (b. 1606) on this day in history. 

1681 Gerard Terborch, the Younger, Dutch painter/etcher, dies on December - 08. 

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 Thomas Corneille, French dramatist, dies at 74 on this day in history. 

1722 Elisabeth C "Liselotte" van Palts, German/French duchess, dies at 70 on this day in history. 

1744 On December - 08 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 Death of Charles Radclyffe, British politician (b. 1693) on December - 08. 

1756 On December - 08 death of william Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington, British statesman and diplomat 

1768 Death of Jean Denis Attiret, French Jesuit missionary (b. 1702) on this day in history. 

1779 Death of Nathan Alcock, English physician (b. 1707) on December - 08. 

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 On December - 08 h Benjamin Constant, French politician/writer, dies at 63 

1831 James Hoban, architect who designed White House, dies on December - 08. 

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

1864 Death of George Boole, British inventor of Boolean algebra (b. 1815) on December - 08. 

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

1894 On this day in history willem JF Nuyens, Dutch physician/RC historian, dies at 71 

1896 Earnest Angel, German statistician (Law of Angel), dies at 75 on December - 08. 

1900 On December - 08 henry Russell, composer, dies at 87 

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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