Famous Deaths In December - 08

0644  On December - 08 death of omar I, 2nd kalief of Islam, murdered  

0899  On December - 08 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  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 this day in history.  

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

1649  Death of Noël Chabanel, French Jesuit missionary (b. 1613) on December - 08.  

1652  Death of Adriaan W "Joris" van Geel, Flemish missionary, murdered at 35 on December - 08.  

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1680  On December - 08 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 this day in history 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  Death of Marie-Anne de Mailly-Nesle duchess de Châteauroux, mistress of King Louis XV of France (b. 1717) on December - 08.  

1745  Death of Etienne Fourmont, French orientalist (b. 1683) on December - 08.  

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

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  On December - 08 death of nathan Alcock, English physician (b. 1707)  

1785  On this day in history 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  On this day in history h Benjamin Constant, French politician/writer, dies at 63  

1831  James Hoban, architect who designed White House, dies on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1894  Willem JF Nuyens, Dutch physician/RC historian, dies at 71 on December - 08.  

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

1900  On December - 08 henry Russell, composer, dies at 87  

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 this day in history birth of gemma Frisius, [Jemme Reinersz], Frisian geographer/astronomer  

1574  On December - 08 birth of maria Anna of Bavaria, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1616)  

1626  On December - 08 birth of christina, queen of Sweden who abdicated after becoming Catholic  

1678  On this day in history 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  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  John Althuysen, Frisian vicar/poet (Frisianche rymlery) was born on December - 08.