Famous Deaths Happened In December - 08
Wednesday, 26 March 2025
0644 On December - 08 death of omar I, 2nd kalief of Islam, murdered
0899 Arnulf of Carinthia, last emperor of Austria-France, dies on this day in history.
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 December - 08 death of john Davies, English poet (b. 1569)
1632 Death of Philippe van Lansberge, Flemish astronomer (b. 1561) on this day in history.
1643 On December - 08 john Pym, English House of Commons member, dies at about 59
1649 Death of Noël Chabanel, French Jesuit missionary (b. 1613) on December - 08.
1652 On this day in history death of adriaan W "Joris" van Geel, Flemish missionary, murdered at 35
1680 Death of Henry Pierrepont, 1st Marquess of Dorchester, English politician (b. 1606) on December - 08.
1681 On this day in history gerard Terborch, the Younger, Dutch painter/etcher, dies
1691 On this day in history death of richard Baxter, English clergyman (b. 1615)
1695 Death of Barthélemy d'Herbelot de Molainville, French orientalist (b. 1625) on December - 08.
1709 On this day in history thomas Corneille, French dramatist, dies at 74
1722 Elisabeth C "Liselotte" van Palts, German/French duchess, dies at 70 on this day in history.
1744 Death of Marie-Anne de Mailly-Nesle duchess de Châteauroux, mistress of King Louis XV of France (b. 1717) on December - 08.
1745 On this day in history death of etienne Fourmont, French orientalist (b. 1683)
1746 Death of Charles Radclyffe, British politician (b. 1693) on this day in history.
1756 On this day in history death of william Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington, British statesman and diplomat
1768 On this day in history death of jean Denis Attiret, French Jesuit missionary (b. 1702)
1779 On this day in history death of nathan Alcock, English physician (b. 1707)
1785 Antonio Maria Mazzoni, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.
1811 Death of Eliza Poe, English-born American actress and the mother of the American author Edgar Allan Poe(b. 1787) on this day in history.
1830 H Benjamin Constant, French politician/writer, dies at 63 on this day in history.
1831 On this day in history james Hoban, architect who designed White House, dies
1859 Death of Thomas de Quincey, English author (b. 1785) on this day in history.
1864 Death of George Boole, British inventor of Boolean algebra (b. 1815) on December - 08.
1885 Death of William Henry Vanderbilt, member of the Vanderbilt family (b. 1821) on this day in history.
1894 On December - 08 willem JF Nuyens, Dutch physician/RC historian, dies at 71
1896 Earnest Angel, German statistician (Law of Angel), dies at 75 on this day in history.
1900 Henry Russell, composer, dies at 87 on this day in history.
1903 On this day in history herbert Spencer, British engineer/philosopher, dies at 83
1907 On December - 08 oscar II Frederick, King of Sweden (-1907)/Norway (-1905), dies
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