Famous Deaths In December - 08

0644  Death of Omar I, 2nd kalief of Islam, murdered on this day in history.   

0899  Arnulf of Carinthia, last emperor of Austria-France, dies on this day in history.   

1292  On December - 08 john Peckham, English archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 62   

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

1596  Death of Luis de Carabajal, 1st Jewish author in America, executed in Mexico on December - 08.   

1626  On December - 08 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 December - 08.   

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.   

1680  On December - 08 death of henry Pierrepont, 1st Marquess of Dorchester, English politician (b. 1606)   

1681  On this day in history gerard Terborch, the Younger, Dutch painter/etcher, dies   

1691  On this day in history death of richard Baxter, English clergyman (b. 1615)   

1695  On December - 08 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  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 December - 08.   

1756  Death of William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington, British statesman and diplomat on December - 08.   

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  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 this day in history james Hoban, architect who designed White House, dies   

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

1864  On December - 08 death of george Boole, British inventor of Boolean algebra (b. 1815)   

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

1894  On December - 08 willem JF Nuyens, Dutch physician/RC historian, dies at 71   

1896  Earnest Angel, German statistician (Law of Angel), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

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

1903  On December - 08 herbert Spencer, British engineer/philosopher, dies at 83   

1907  On December - 08 oscar II Frederick, King of Sweden (-1907)/Norway (-1905), dies   

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1508  Gemma Frisius, [Jemme Reinersz], Frisian geographer/astronomer was born on this day in history.   

1574  On December - 08 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 this day in history.   

1678  Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton, English diplomat (d. 1757) was born on this day in history.   

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