Famous Birthdays In December - 08

1508  Gemma Frisius, [Jemme Reinersz], Frisian geographer/astronomer was born on December - 08.   

1574  On this day in history 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  Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton, English diplomat (d. 1757) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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.   

1728  On December - 08 birth of johann G von Zimmermann, Swiss author   

1730  John Ingen Housz, Dutch/English personal physician of Maria Theresia was born on this day in history.   

1730  Jan Ingenhousz, Dutch-born British physiologist and botanist (d. 1799) was born on December - 08.   

1731  On December - 08 birth of frantisek Xaver Dusek, composer   

1737  On this day in history birth of robert Kimmerling, composer   

1741  Maximilian JLP Gardel, French dancer/choreographer (Menuet Reine) was born on December - 08.   

1744  On December - 08 birth of pierre Joseph Candielle, composer   

1765  Eli Whitney, inventor (Cotton Gin) was born on this day in history.   

1789  John Fawcett, composer was born on December - 08.   

1795  Jacques Francois Gallay, composer was born on December - 08.   

1795  On this day in history birth of peter Andreas Hansen, Danish astronomer (d. 1874)   

1811  On this day in history birth of louis Alexander Balthasar Schindelmeisser, composer   

1815  Adolph Menzel, German painter and graphic artist (d. 1905) was born on December - 08.   

1816  On this day in history birth of august Belmont, Sr., Prussian-born American financier (d. 1890)   

1817  On this day in history birth of christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, Danish nobleman and politician (d. 1896)   

1822  On this day in history birth of luther Prentice Bradley, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1910   

1826  On December - 08 birth of friedrich Siemens, German industrialist   

1828  Clinton Bowen Fisk, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1890 was born on this day in history.   

1828  Robert Bullock, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1905 was born on this day in history.   

1832  On this day in history birth of bjornstjerne Bjornson, Norway, novelist (Pa Guds Veje, Nobel-1903)   

1832  Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Norwegian author and Nobel laureate (d. 1910) was born on December - 08.   

1861  Aristide Maillol, France, painter/sculptor (Seated Woman) was born on this day in history.   

1861  William Crapo Durant, founded General Machine was born on December - 08.   

1862  On December - 08 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 this day in history birth of jean Sibelius, Tavastehus Finland, composer (Valse Triste, Finlandia)   

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

0899  Arnulf of Carinthia, last emperor of Austria-France, dies on December - 08.   

1292  On this day in history john Peckham, English archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 62   

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

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

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.