Famous Deaths In December - 08

0644  On December - 08 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  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 December - 08.   

1626  On December - 08 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 December - 08 john Pym, English House of Commons member, dies at about 59   

1649  On December - 08 death of noël Chabanel, French Jesuit missionary (b. 1613)   

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

1680  On December - 08 death of henry Pierrepont, 1st Marquess of Dorchester, English politician (b. 1606)   

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

1691  Death of Richard Baxter, English clergyman (b. 1615) on December - 08.   

1695  Death of Barthélemy d'Herbelot de Molainville, French orientalist (b. 1625) on this day in history.   

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 December - 08.   

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  Death of Etienne Fourmont, French orientalist (b. 1683) on this day in history.   

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

1756  Death of William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington, British statesman and diplomat on this day in history.   

1768  Death of Jean Denis Attiret, French Jesuit missionary (b. 1702) on December - 08.   

1779  Death of Nathan Alcock, English physician (b. 1707) on this day in history.   

1785  Antonio Maria Mazzoni, composer, dies at 68 on December - 08.   

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  H Benjamin Constant, French politician/writer, dies at 63 on December - 08.   

1831  On this day in history james Hoban, architect who designed White House, dies   

1859  On this day in history death of thomas de Quincey, English author (b. 1785)   

1864  On December - 08 death of george Boole, British inventor of Boolean algebra (b. 1815)   

1885  Death of William Henry Vanderbilt, member of the Vanderbilt family (b. 1821) on this day in history.   

1894  Willem JF Nuyens, Dutch physician/RC historian, dies at 71 on December - 08.   

1896  Earnest Angel, German statistician (Law of Angel), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1900  On this day in history henry Russell, composer, dies at 87   

1903  Herbert Spencer, British engineer/philosopher, dies at 83 on December - 08.   

1907  On December - 08 oscar II Frederick, King of Sweden (-1907)/Norway (-1905), dies   

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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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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.