Famous Deaths In December - 08
Saturday, 18 May 2024
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 this day in history.
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 Death of John Davies, English poet (b. 1569) on this day in history.
1632 Death of Philippe van Lansberge, Flemish astronomer (b. 1561) on December - 08.
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 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 Death of Richard Baxter, English clergyman (b. 1615) on this day in history.
1695 On December - 08 death of barthélemy d'Herbelot de Molainville, French orientalist (b. 1625)
1709 On December - 08 thomas Corneille, French dramatist, dies at 74
1722 On December - 08 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 Death of Etienne Fourmont, French orientalist (b. 1683) on December - 08.
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 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 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 On this day in history james Hoban, architect who designed White House, dies
1859 Death of Thomas de Quincey, English author (b. 1785) on December - 08.
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 Willem JF Nuyens, Dutch physician/RC historian, dies at 71 on December - 08.
1896 Earnest Angel, German statistician (Law of Angel), dies at 75 on this day in history.
1900 On December - 08 henry Russell, composer, dies at 87
1903 Herbert Spencer, British engineer/philosopher, dies at 83 on December - 08.
1907 On this day in history oscar II Frederick, King of Sweden (-1907)/Norway (-1905), dies
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