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 this day in history john Peckham, English archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 62  

1587  On December - 08 death of mary, Queen of Scots (1560-1587), executed  

1596  On this day in history death of luis de Carabajal, 1st Jewish author in America, executed in Mexico  

1626  On December - 08 death of john Davies, English poet (b. 1569)  

1632  On this day in history death of philippe van Lansberge, Flemish astronomer (b. 1561)  

1643  On December - 08 john Pym, English House of Commons member, dies at about 59  

1649  On this day in history 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.  

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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 December - 08 death of richard Baxter, English clergyman (b. 1615)  

1695  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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 December - 08.  

1745  On this day in history death of etienne Fourmont, French orientalist (b. 1683)  

1746  Death of Charles Radclyffe, British politician (b. 1693) on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history death of nathan Alcock, English physician (b. 1707)  

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 December - 08.  

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

1831  On December - 08 james Hoban, architect who designed White House, dies  

1859  Death of Thomas de Quincey, English author (b. 1785) on this day in history.  

1864  Death of George Boole, British inventor of Boolean algebra (b. 1815) on this day in history.  

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

1894  On this day in history willem JF Nuyens, Dutch physician/RC historian, dies at 71  

1896  On December - 08 earnest Angel, German statistician (Law of Angel), dies at 75  

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

1903  On this day in history herbert Spencer, British engineer/philosopher, dies at 83  

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

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1508  On this day in history 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 December - 08.  

1678  On this day in history birth of horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton, English diplomat (d. 1757)  

1699  On this day in history birth of maria Josepha of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1757)  

1704  Anton de Haen, medical expert (Ratio Medendi) was born on this day in history.  

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

1715  John Althuysen, Frisian vicar/poet (Frisianche rymlery) was born on this day in history.