Famous Deaths In December - 08

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  John Peckham, English archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

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  On December - 08 death of philippe van Lansberge, Flemish astronomer (b. 1561)  

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 December - 08.  

1652  Death of Adriaan W "Joris" van Geel, Flemish missionary, murdered at 35 on December - 08.  

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1680  On this day in history death of henry Pierrepont, 1st Marquess of Dorchester, English politician (b. 1606)  

1681  Gerard Terborch, the Younger, Dutch painter/etcher, dies on this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history.  

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 December - 08 death of etienne Fourmont, French orientalist (b. 1683)  

1746  Death of Charles Radclyffe, British politician (b. 1693) on December - 08.  

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 December - 08.  

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

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  On December - 08 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 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  Henry Russell, composer, dies at 87 on December - 08.  

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  On December - 08 birth of gemma Frisius, [Jemme Reinersz], Frisian geographer/astronomer  

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 December - 08.  

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

1699  Maria Josepha of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1757) was born on December - 08.  

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 December - 08.  

1715  On this day in history birth of john Althuysen, Frisian vicar/poet (Frisianche rymlery)