Famous Deaths Happened In December - 08
Friday, 07 November 2025
0644 Death of Omar I, 2nd kalief of Islam, murdered on this day in history. 

0899 On December - 08 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 On December - 08 death of luis de Carabajal, 1st Jewish author in America, executed in Mexico 

1626 Death of John Davies, English poet (b. 1569) on December - 08. 

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

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 On December - 08 gerard Terborch, the Younger, Dutch painter/etcher, dies 

1691 On this day in history death of richard Baxter, English clergyman (b. 1615) 

1695 On December - 08 death of barthélemy d'Herbelot de Molainville, French orientalist (b. 1625) 

1709 On this day in history thomas Corneille, French dramatist, dies at 74 

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 December - 08. 

1746 Death of Charles Radclyffe, British politician (b. 1693) on December - 08. 

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 December - 08. 

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

1785 On December - 08 antonio Maria Mazzoni, composer, dies at 68 

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 H Benjamin Constant, French politician/writer, dies at 63 on this day in history. 

1831 On this day in history james Hoban, architect who designed White House, dies 

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 On December - 08 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 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 Oscar II Frederick, King of Sweden (-1907)/Norway (-1905), dies on this day in history. 

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