Famous Deaths In December - 08

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

1574  On this day in history birth of maria Anna of Bavaria, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1616)  

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 December - 08.  

1704  Anton de Haen, medical expert (Ratio Medendi) was born on December - 08.  

1708  Francis I, Holy Roman emperor (1745-1765) was born on this day in history.  

1715  On December - 08 birth of john Althuysen, Frisian vicar/poet (Frisianche rymlery)