Historical Events In December - 08

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

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  

1326  Daitokuji temple, Rinzai line, established in Kyoto by Daito Kokushi on December - 08.  

1508  On December - 08 gemma Frisius, [Jemme Reinersz], Frisian geographer/astronomer  

1542  On December - 08 the birth of Mary Queen Of Scots, Scottish Queen who ascended to the throne aged seven  

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

1596  Luis de Carabajal, 1st Jewish author in America, executed in Mexico on this day in history.  

1609  On this day in history biblioteca Ambrosiana opens its reading room, the second public library of Europe.  

1626  Christina, queen of Sweden who abdicated after becoming Catholic on December - 08.  

1643  On December - 08 john Pym, English House of Commons member, dies at about 59  

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

1659  On this day in history mexican border town Ciudad Juárez is founded by Fray García de San Francisco.  

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

1704  Anton de Haen, medical expert (Ratio Medendi) on December - 08.  

1708  On December - 08 francis I, Holy Roman emperor (1745-1765)  

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

1710  Battle at Brihuega: English Gen Stanhope captured on this day in history.  

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

1722  On this day in history elisabeth C "Liselotte" van Palts, German/French duchess, dies at 70  

1728  Johann G von Zimmermann, Swiss author on this day in history.  

1730  On this day in history john Ingen Housz, Dutch/English personal physician of Maria Theresia  

1731  On December - 08 frantisek Xaver Dusek, composer  

1737  On this day in history robert Kimmerling, composer  

1741  On December - 08 maximilian JLP Gardel, French dancer/choreographer (Menuet Reine)  

1744  Pierre Joseph Candielle, composer on December - 08.  

1756  On December - 08 william Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington, British statesman and diplomat  

1765  Eli Whitney, inventor (Cotton Gin) on December - 08.  

1776  On December - 08 george Washington's retreating army crosses Delaware River from NJ  

1777  On this day in history capt Cook leaves Society Islands  

1785  Antonio Maria Mazzoni, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

1789  On December - 08 john Fawcett, composer  

1792  On this day in history 1st cremation in US, Henry Laurens  

1794  On December - 08 premier issue of the Herald of Rutland, VT published  

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1508  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of christina, queen of Sweden who abdicated after becoming Catholic  

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

1699  On this day in history birth of maria Josepha of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1757)  

1704  On December - 08 birth of anton de Haen, medical expert (Ratio Medendi)  

1708  On December - 08 birth of francis I, Holy Roman emperor (1745-1765)  

1715  John Althuysen, Frisian vicar/poet (Frisianche rymlery) was born on December - 08.  

0644  On this day in history death of omar I, 2nd kalief of Islam, murdered  

0899  On December - 08 arnulf of Carinthia, last emperor of Austria-France, dies  

1292  John Peckham, English archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 62 on December - 08.  

1587  On December - 08 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  On this day in history death of john Davies, English poet (b. 1569)  

1632  On this day in history death of philippe van Lansberge, Flemish astronomer (b. 1561)  

1643  On this day in history john Pym, English House of Commons member, dies at about 59