Famous Deaths Happened In December - 08

0644  Death of Omar I, 2nd kalief of Islam, murdered on this day in history.   

0899  Arnulf of Carinthia, last emperor of Austria-France, dies on December - 08.   

1292  On this day in history john Peckham, English archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 62   

1587  Death of Mary, Queen of Scots (1560-1587), executed on December - 08.   

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 this day in history 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 this day in history death of noël Chabanel, French Jesuit missionary (b. 1613)   

1652  Death of Adriaan W "Joris" van Geel, Flemish missionary, murdered at 35 on this day in history.   

1680  Death of Henry Pierrepont, 1st Marquess of Dorchester, English politician (b. 1606) on this day in history.   

1681  Gerard Terborch, the Younger, Dutch painter/etcher, dies on this day in history.   

1691  Death of Richard Baxter, English clergyman (b. 1615) on this day in history.   

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

1709  On December - 08 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  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  Death of Charles Radclyffe, British politician (b. 1693) on this day in history.   

1756  Death of William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington, British statesman and diplomat on December - 08.   

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 December - 08 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  Death of Thomas de Quincey, English author (b. 1785) on this day in history.   

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

1885  On this day in history death of william Henry Vanderbilt, member of the Vanderbilt family (b. 1821)   

1894  On this day in history willem JF Nuyens, Dutch physician/RC historian, dies at 71   

1896  On this day in history 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  On this day in history oscar II Frederick, King of Sweden (-1907)/Norway (-1905), dies   

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1508  Gemma Frisius, [Jemme Reinersz], Frisian geographer/astronomer was born on this day in history.   

1574  Maria Anna of Bavaria, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1616) was born on December - 08.   

1626  Christina, queen of Sweden who abdicated after becoming Catholic was born on December - 08.   

1678  On this day in history birth of horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton, English diplomat (d. 1757)   

1699  On December - 08 birth of maria Josepha of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1757)   

1704  On this day in history birth of anton de Haen, medical expert (Ratio Medendi)   

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

1715  John Althuysen, Frisian vicar/poet (Frisianche rymlery) was born on December - 08.