Famous Deaths In December - 08

0644  Death of Omar I, 2nd kalief of Islam, murdered on December - 08.  

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

1292  On December - 08 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 December - 08.  

1632  Death of Philippe van Lansberge, Flemish astronomer (b. 1561) on December - 08.  

1643  On this day in history john Pym, English House of Commons member, dies at about 59  

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  

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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  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  On December - 08 thomas Corneille, French dramatist, dies at 74  

1722  On December - 08 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  Death of Etienne Fourmont, French orientalist (b. 1683) on this day in history.  

1746  On this day in history death of charles Radclyffe, British politician (b. 1693)  

1756  Death of William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington, British statesman and diplomat on December - 08.  

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

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  On December - 08 death of eliza Poe, English-born American actress and the mother of the American author Edgar Allan Poe(b. 1787)  

1830  H Benjamin Constant, French politician/writer, dies at 63 on December - 08.  

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  On this day in history death of george Boole, British inventor of Boolean algebra (b. 1815)  

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

1894  Willem JF Nuyens, Dutch physician/RC historian, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

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

1900  Henry Russell, composer, dies at 87 on December - 08.  

1903  Herbert Spencer, British engineer/philosopher, dies at 83 on this day in history.  

1907  Oscar II Frederick, King of Sweden (-1907)/Norway (-1905), dies on December - 08.  

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

1574  Maria Anna of Bavaria, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1616) was born on this day in history.  

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  Maria Josepha of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1757) was born on this day in history.  

1704  On this day in history birth of anton de Haen, medical expert (Ratio Medendi)  

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)