Famous Deaths In December - 08

0644  On this day in history death of omar I, 2nd kalief of Islam, murdered  

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 this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

1643  On December - 08 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  Death of Adriaan W "Joris" van Geel, Flemish missionary, murdered at 35 on this day in history.  

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 December - 08.  

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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1756  On this day in history death of william Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington, British statesman and diplomat  

1768  Death of Jean Denis Attiret, French Jesuit missionary (b. 1702) on December - 08.  

1779  Death of Nathan Alcock, English physician (b. 1707) on this day in history.  

1785  On December - 08 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  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  Death of Thomas de Quincey, English author (b. 1785) on December - 08.  

1864  On December - 08 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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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1508  On December - 08 birth of gemma Frisius, [Jemme Reinersz], Frisian geographer/astronomer  

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 this day in history.  

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

1699  On December - 08 birth of maria Josepha of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1757)  

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

1708  On this day in history birth of francis I, Holy Roman emperor (1745-1765)  

1715  On this day in history birth of john Althuysen, Frisian vicar/poet (Frisianche rymlery)