Famous Deaths In December - 08
Monday, 06 February 2023
0644 Death of Omar I, 2nd kalief of Islam, murdered on this day in history.
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 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 December - 08.
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 this day in history.
1649 On December - 08 death of noël Chabanel, French Jesuit missionary (b. 1613)
1652 On this day in history 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 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 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 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 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 Death of William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington, British statesman and diplomat on this day in history.
1768 On December - 08 death of jean Denis Attiret, French Jesuit missionary (b. 1702)
1779 On December - 08 death of nathan Alcock, English physician (b. 1707)
1785 Antonio Maria Mazzoni, composer, dies at 68 on December - 08.
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 this day in history 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 On December - 08 death of william Henry Vanderbilt, member of the Vanderbilt family (b. 1821)
1894 On this day in history willem JF Nuyens, Dutch physician/RC historian, dies at 71
1896 On this day in history earnest Angel, German statistician (Law of Angel), dies at 75
1900 Henry Russell, composer, dies at 87 on this day in history.
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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