Famous Personalities Born In November - 08
Thursday, 18 September 2025
1342 Julian of Norwich, English saint (d. 1416) was born on this day in history.
1431 On November - 08 birth of vlad III the Impaler, Wallachian prince (d. 1476)
1491 Teofilo Folengo, Italian poet (d. 1544) was born on November - 08.
1572 On November - 08 birth of johan Sigismund, elector of Brandenburg/duke of Prussia
1590 On November - 08 birth of francesco Gonzaga, composer
1592 On November - 08 birth of domenico Mazzocchi, composer
1622 Galenus Abrahamsz de Haen, Dutch baptist pastor (Lambs' War) was born on this day in history.
1622 On this day in history birth of karl X Gustaf, King of Sweden (1654-60)
1647 On this day in history birth of pierre Bayle, French/Neth theologist/philosopher/writer
1656 Edmund Halley, English astronomer (comet of Halley) [OS=Oct 29] was born on November - 08.
1657 Thomas Bullis, composer was born on November - 08.
1693 Leonhard Trautsch, composer was born on this day in history.
1706 Johann Ulrich von Cramer, German judge and philosopher (d. 1772) was born on November - 08.
1710 Sarah Fielding, English writer (d. 1768) was born on November - 08.
1715 On this day in history birth of elisabeth C van Brunswick-Bevern, wife of Frederik II "the Great"
1723 John Byron, British naval officer (d. 1786) was born on this day in history.
1760 On this day in history birth of jean-Baptiste Dumonceau de Bergendael, South Neth earl/general
1768 Princess Augusta Sophia of the United Kingdom, (d. 1840) was born on November - 08.
1770 On November - 08 birth of friedrich Witt, composer
1777 On November - 08 birth of désirée Clary, queen of Sweden (d. 1860)
1785 Friedrich Wilhelm Michael Kalkbrenner, composer was born on November - 08.
1814 Girolamo/Jeromin de Rada, Albanian poet (Skanderbeku) was born on November - 08.
1817 Claudius Wistar Sears, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1891 was born on this day in history.
1817 On this day in history birth of theodoor J Canneel, Flemish painter
1829 Samuel Wylie Crawford, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1892 was born on November - 08.
1830 Oliver Otis Howard, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1909 was born on this day in history.
1831 Edward R L Bulwer-Lytton, English under king of India was born on November - 08.
1836 On November - 08 birth of milton Bradley, American game manufacturer (d. 1911)
1847 On this day in history birth of jean Casimir-Perier, French politician (d. 1907)
1848 Gottlob Frege, Germany, mathematician/logician (Begriffsschrift) was born on this day in history.
1849 On November - 08 birth of edward Julius Biedermann, composer
1850 On this day in history birth of karel Komzak, composer
1854 Johannes Rydberg, Swedish physicist (d. 1919) was born on this day in history.
1863 René [Raphael] Viviani, French historian/social premier (1914-15) was born on November - 08.