Famous Deaths Happened In December - 08

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  John Peckham, English archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 62 on December - 08.   

1587  Death of Mary, Queen of Scots (1560-1587), executed on this day in history.   

1596  On December - 08 death of luis de Carabajal, 1st Jewish author in America, executed in Mexico   

1626  On this day in history death of john Davies, English poet (b. 1569)   

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 December - 08.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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 December - 08.   

1709  On this day in history thomas Corneille, French dramatist, dies at 74   

1722  On this day in history elisabeth C "Liselotte" van Palts, German/French duchess, dies at 70   

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  On this day in history 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  On this day in history antonio Maria Mazzoni, composer, dies at 68   

1811  On this day in history death of eliza Poe, English-born American actress and the mother of the American author Edgar Allan Poe(b. 1787)   

1830  H Benjamin Constant, French politician/writer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1831  James Hoban, architect who designed White House, dies on December - 08.   

1859  On December - 08 death of thomas de Quincey, English author (b. 1785)   

1864  On this day in history 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 December - 08.   

1894  Willem JF Nuyens, Dutch physician/RC historian, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1896  On December - 08 earnest Angel, German statistician (Law of Angel), dies at 75   

1900  Henry Russell, composer, dies at 87 on this day in history.   

1903  On December - 08 herbert Spencer, British engineer/philosopher, dies at 83   

1907  Oscar II Frederick, King of Sweden (-1907)/Norway (-1905), dies on December - 08.   

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

1574  On December - 08 birth of maria Anna of Bavaria, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1616)   

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  Maria Josepha of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1757) was born on this day in history.   

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

1708  Francis I, Holy Roman emperor (1745-1765) was born on December - 08.   

1715  On this day in history birth of john Althuysen, Frisian vicar/poet (Frisianche rymlery)