Famous Deaths Happened In December - 08
Tuesday, 20 May 2025
0644 Death of Omar I, 2nd kalief of Islam, murdered on December - 08.
0899 On this day in history arnulf of Carinthia, last emperor of Austria-France, dies
1292 On December - 08 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 December - 08.
1632 Death of Philippe van Lansberge, Flemish astronomer (b. 1561) on December - 08.
1643 John Pym, English House of Commons member, dies at about 59 on this day in history.
1649 Death of Noël Chabanel, French Jesuit missionary (b. 1613) on this day in history.
1652 Death of Adriaan W "Joris" van Geel, Flemish missionary, murdered at 35 on December - 08.
1680 Death of Henry Pierrepont, 1st Marquess of Dorchester, English politician (b. 1606) on this day in history.
1681 On this day in history gerard Terborch, the Younger, Dutch painter/etcher, dies
1691 Death of Richard Baxter, English clergyman (b. 1615) on December - 08.
1695 Death of Barthélemy d'Herbelot de Molainville, French orientalist (b. 1625) on this day in history.
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 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 this day in history.
1768 Death of Jean Denis Attiret, French Jesuit missionary (b. 1702) on this day in history.
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 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 December - 08.
1831 On December - 08 james Hoban, architect who designed White House, dies
1859 On this day in history death of thomas de Quincey, English author (b. 1785)
1864 On December - 08 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 December - 08.
1894 Willem JF Nuyens, Dutch physician/RC historian, dies at 71 on this day in history.
1896 On this day in history earnest Angel, German statistician (Law of Angel), dies at 75
1900 Henry Russell, composer, dies at 87 on December - 08.
1903 Herbert Spencer, British engineer/philosopher, dies at 83 on this day in history.
1907 On this day in history oscar II Frederick, King of Sweden (-1907)/Norway (-1905), dies
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