Famous Deaths Happened In December - 08

0644  On December - 08 death of omar I, 2nd kalief of Islam, murdered   

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  Death of Mary, Queen of Scots (1560-1587), executed on December - 08.   

1596  On December - 08 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  Death of Philippe van Lansberge, Flemish astronomer (b. 1561) on this day in history.   

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 December - 08.   

1681  On December - 08 gerard Terborch, the Younger, Dutch painter/etcher, dies   

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

1695  On this day in history death of barthélemy d'Herbelot de Molainville, French orientalist (b. 1625)   

1709  Thomas Corneille, French dramatist, dies at 74 on December - 08.   

1722  On December - 08 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  On this day in history death of etienne Fourmont, French orientalist (b. 1683)   

1746  On December - 08 death of charles Radclyffe, British politician (b. 1693)   

1756  On December - 08 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 this day in history.   

1785  On this day in history 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  On this day in history h Benjamin Constant, French politician/writer, dies at 63   

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  On this day in history death of george Boole, British inventor of Boolean algebra (b. 1815)   

1885  On December - 08 death of william Henry Vanderbilt, member of the Vanderbilt family (b. 1821)   

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  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 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 December - 08.   

1574  On December - 08 birth of maria Anna of Bavaria, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1616)   

1626  On December - 08 birth of christina, queen of Sweden who abdicated after becoming Catholic   

1678  On this day in history 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 December - 08 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  On December - 08 birth of john Althuysen, Frisian vicar/poet (Frisianche rymlery)