Famous Deaths In December - 08

0644  On this day in history 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 December - 08.  

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  Death of Philippe van Lansberge, Flemish astronomer (b. 1561) on this day in history.  

1643  John Pym, English House of Commons member, dies at about 59 on this day in history.  

1649  On this day in history death of noël Chabanel, French Jesuit missionary (b. 1613)  

1652  On December - 08 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  Gerard Terborch, the Younger, Dutch painter/etcher, dies on December - 08.  

1691  Death of Richard Baxter, English clergyman (b. 1615) on this day in history.  

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  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 this day in history.  

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

1785  Antonio Maria Mazzoni, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

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  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 December - 08 death of thomas de Quincey, English author (b. 1785)  

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

1885  On this day in history death of william Henry Vanderbilt, member of the Vanderbilt family (b. 1821)  

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

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

1900  On this day in history henry Russell, composer, dies at 87  

1903  On December - 08 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  Gemma Frisius, [Jemme Reinersz], Frisian geographer/astronomer was born on this day in history.  

1574  Maria Anna of Bavaria, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1616) was born on December - 08.  

1626  Christina, queen of Sweden who abdicated after becoming Catholic was born on December - 08.  

1678  Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton, English diplomat (d. 1757) was born on December - 08.  

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 December - 08 birth of francis I, Holy Roman emperor (1745-1765)  

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