Famous Deaths Happened In December - 08

0644  Death of Omar I, 2nd kalief of Islam, murdered on December - 08.   

0899  Arnulf of Carinthia, last emperor of Austria-France, dies on this day in history.   

1292  On December - 08 john Peckham, English archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 62   

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

1596  Death of Luis de Carabajal, 1st Jewish author in America, executed in Mexico on this day in history.   

1626  On December - 08 death of john Davies, English poet (b. 1569)   

1632  On December - 08 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  On December - 08 death of noël Chabanel, French Jesuit missionary (b. 1613)   

1652  On December - 08 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  Gerard Terborch, the Younger, Dutch painter/etcher, dies on December - 08.   

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 December - 08 thomas Corneille, French dramatist, dies at 74   

1722  Elisabeth C "Liselotte" van Palts, German/French duchess, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

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 December - 08.   

1746  Death of Charles Radclyffe, British politician (b. 1693) on December - 08.   

1756  Death of William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington, British statesman and diplomat on this day in history.   

1768  On this day in history death of jean Denis Attiret, French Jesuit missionary (b. 1702)   

1779  On December - 08 death of nathan Alcock, English physician (b. 1707)   

1785  On this day in history antonio Maria Mazzoni, composer, dies at 68   

1811  On December - 08 death of eliza Poe, English-born American actress and the mother of the American author Edgar Allan Poe(b. 1787)   

1830  On December - 08 h Benjamin Constant, French politician/writer, dies at 63   

1831  James Hoban, architect who designed White House, dies on this day in history.   

1859  On this day in history 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  On December - 08 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 December - 08 earnest Angel, German statistician (Law of Angel), dies at 75   

1900  On this day in history henry Russell, composer, dies at 87   

1903  On this day in history 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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1508  Gemma Frisius, [Jemme Reinersz], Frisian geographer/astronomer was born on this day in history.   

1574  On this day in history birth of maria Anna of Bavaria, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1616)   

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

1678  Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton, English diplomat (d. 1757) was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of francis I, Holy Roman emperor (1745-1765)   

1715  On December - 08 birth of john Althuysen, Frisian vicar/poet (Frisianche rymlery)