Famous Personalities Born In December - 08
Friday, 14 February 2025
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 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 On December - 08 birth of anton de Haen, medical expert (Ratio Medendi)
1708 Francis I, Holy Roman emperor (1745-1765) was born on this day in history.
1715 On December - 08 birth of john Althuysen, Frisian vicar/poet (Frisianche rymlery)
1728 On December - 08 birth of johann G von Zimmermann, Swiss author
1730 On December - 08 birth of john Ingen Housz, Dutch/English personal physician of Maria Theresia
1730 On this day in history birth of jan Ingenhousz, Dutch-born British physiologist and botanist (d. 1799)
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 Pierre Joseph Candielle, composer was born on this day in history.
1765 On December - 08 birth of eli Whitney, inventor (Cotton Gin)
1789 John Fawcett, composer was born on December - 08.
1795 On December - 08 birth of jacques Francois Gallay, composer
1795 On December - 08 birth of peter Andreas Hansen, Danish astronomer (d. 1874)
1811 On December - 08 birth of louis Alexander Balthasar Schindelmeisser, composer
1815 Adolph Menzel, German painter and graphic artist (d. 1905) was born on December - 08.
1816 August Belmont, Sr., Prussian-born American financier (d. 1890) was born on this day in history.
1817 On December - 08 birth of christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, Danish nobleman and politician (d. 1896)
1822 On December - 08 birth of luther Prentice Bradley, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1910
1826 On December - 08 birth of friedrich Siemens, German industrialist
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 On December - 08 birth of bjornstjerne Bjornson, Norway, novelist (Pa Guds Veje, Nobel-1903)
1832 Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Norwegian author and Nobel laureate (d. 1910) was born on this day in history.
1861 Aristide Maillol, France, painter/sculptor (Seated Woman) was born on December - 08.
1861 William Crapo Durant, founded General Machine was born on this day in history.
1862 Georges Feydeau, French playwright (La Dame de Chez Maxim's) was born on this day in history.
1865 Jacques Hadamard, French mathematician (Taylor series) was born on December - 08.
1865 Jean Sibelius, Tavastehus Finland, composer (Valse Triste, Finlandia) was born on this day in history.