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

1587  On this day in history 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  Death of John Davies, English poet (b. 1569) on this day in history.   

1632  Death of Philippe van Lansberge, Flemish astronomer (b. 1561) on December - 08.   

1643  On December - 08 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  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  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  On December - 08 thomas Corneille, French dramatist, dies at 74   

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

1746  On this day in history 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  Death of Nathan Alcock, English physician (b. 1707) on this day in history.   

1785  On December - 08 antonio Maria Mazzoni, composer, dies at 68   

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  H Benjamin Constant, French politician/writer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

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

1859  Death of Thomas de Quincey, English author (b. 1785) on December - 08.   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history 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  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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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