Famous Birthdays In December - 08
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1508 On this day in history birth of gemma Frisius, [Jemme Reinersz], Frisian geographer/astronomer
1574 Maria Anna of Bavaria, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1616) was born on December - 08.
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 this day in history.
1699 On December - 08 birth of maria Josepha of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1757)
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 John Althuysen, Frisian vicar/poet (Frisianche rymlery) was born on December - 08.
1728 Johann G von Zimmermann, Swiss author was born on December - 08.
1730 On December - 08 birth of john Ingen Housz, Dutch/English personal physician of Maria Theresia
1730 Jan Ingenhousz, Dutch-born British physiologist and botanist (d. 1799) was born on December - 08.
1731 On this day in history birth of frantisek Xaver Dusek, composer
1737 On December - 08 birth of robert Kimmerling, composer
1741 Maximilian JLP Gardel, French dancer/choreographer (Menuet Reine) was born on this day in history.
1744 On this day in history birth of pierre Joseph Candielle, composer
1765 On this day in history birth of eli Whitney, inventor (Cotton Gin)
1789 On December - 08 birth of john Fawcett, composer
1795 On December - 08 birth of jacques Francois Gallay, composer
1795 Peter Andreas Hansen, Danish astronomer (d. 1874) was born on December - 08.
1811 Louis Alexander Balthasar Schindelmeisser, composer was born on this day in history.
1815 On December - 08 birth of adolph Menzel, German painter and graphic artist (d. 1905)
1816 On December - 08 birth of august Belmont, Sr., Prussian-born American financier (d. 1890)
1817 Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, Danish nobleman and politician (d. 1896) was born on December - 08.
1822 On December - 08 birth of luther Prentice Bradley, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1910
1826 Friedrich Siemens, German industrialist was born on December - 08.
1828 On this day in history birth of clinton Bowen Fisk, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1890
1828 Robert Bullock, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1905 was born on December - 08.
1832 Bjornstjerne Bjornson, Norway, novelist (Pa Guds Veje, Nobel-1903) was born on this day in history.
1832 Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Norwegian author and Nobel laureate (d. 1910) was born on December - 08.
1861 On this day in history birth of aristide Maillol, France, painter/sculptor (Seated Woman)
1861 William Crapo Durant, founded General Machine was born on December - 08.
1862 On this day in history birth of georges Feydeau, French playwright (La Dame de Chez Maxim's)
1865 On December - 08 birth of jacques Hadamard, French mathematician (Taylor series)
1865 On December - 08 birth of jean Sibelius, Tavastehus Finland, composer (Valse Triste, Finlandia)