Hisdates•ComFamous Deaths Happened In December - 08
Saturday, 18 January 2025
0644 Death of Omar I, 2nd kalief of Islam, murdered on this day in history. 
0899 On this day in history arnulf of Carinthia, last emperor of Austria-France, dies
1292 John Peckham, English archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 62 on this day in history.
1587 Death of Mary, Queen of Scots (1560-1587), executed on this day in history.
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 On this day in history death of philippe van Lansberge, Flemish astronomer (b. 1561)
1643 On this day in history john Pym, English House of Commons member, dies at about 59
1649 Death of Noël Chabanel, French Jesuit missionary (b. 1613) on this day in history.
1652 On December - 08 death of adriaan W "Joris" van Geel, Flemish missionary, murdered at 35
1680 On December - 08 death of henry Pierrepont, 1st Marquess of Dorchester, English politician (b. 1606)
1681 Gerard Terborch, the Younger, Dutch painter/etcher, dies on this day in history.
1691 On this day in history death of richard Baxter, English clergyman (b. 1615)
1695 On this day in history death of barthélemy d'Herbelot de Molainville, French orientalist (b. 1625)
1709 Thomas Corneille, French dramatist, dies at 74 on December - 08.
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 this day in history.
1745 On December - 08 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 On December - 08 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 On this day in history antonio Maria Mazzoni, composer, dies at 68
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 this day in history.
1831 On December - 08 james Hoban, architect who designed White House, dies
1859 On this day in history death of thomas de Quincey, English author (b. 1785)
1864 Death of George Boole, British inventor of Boolean algebra (b. 1815) on this day in history.
1885 On this day in history death of william Henry Vanderbilt, member of the Vanderbilt family (b. 1821)
1894 Willem JF Nuyens, Dutch physician/RC historian, dies at 71 on this day in history.
1896 On this day in history earnest Angel, German statistician (Law of Angel), dies at 75
1900 On this day in history henry Russell, composer, dies at 87
1903 On December - 08 herbert Spencer, British engineer/philosopher, dies at 83
1907 Oscar II Frederick, King of Sweden (-1907)/Norway (-1905), dies on this day in history.
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