Famous Deaths Happened In December - 08

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  On this day in history death of mary, Queen of Scots (1560-1587), executed   

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  Death of Philippe van Lansberge, Flemish astronomer (b. 1561) on this day in history.   

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  On December - 08 gerard Terborch, the Younger, Dutch painter/etcher, dies   

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  Thomas Corneille, French dramatist, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1722  Elisabeth C "Liselotte" van Palts, German/French duchess, dies at 70 on December - 08.   

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  On this day in history death of etienne Fourmont, French orientalist (b. 1683)   

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

1756  On this day in history death of william Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington, British statesman and diplomat   

1768  Death of Jean Denis Attiret, French Jesuit missionary (b. 1702) on December - 08.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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  On this day in history death of thomas de Quincey, English author (b. 1785)   

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

1885  Death of William Henry Vanderbilt, member of the Vanderbilt family (b. 1821) on December - 08.   

1894  Willem JF Nuyens, Dutch physician/RC historian, dies at 71 on December - 08.   

1896  On December - 08 earnest Angel, German statistician (Law of Angel), dies at 75   

1900  Henry Russell, composer, dies at 87 on December - 08.   

1903  Herbert Spencer, British engineer/philosopher, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1907  On December - 08 oscar II Frederick, King of Sweden (-1907)/Norway (-1905), dies   

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1508  On this day in history birth of gemma Frisius, [Jemme Reinersz], Frisian geographer/astronomer   

1574  On December - 08 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 this day in history.   

1678  Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton, English diplomat (d. 1757) was born on December - 08.   

1699  On this day in history birth of maria Josepha of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1757)   

1704  Anton de Haen, medical expert (Ratio Medendi) was born on December - 08.   

1708  Francis I, Holy Roman emperor (1745-1765) was born on this day in history.   

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