Famous Deaths Happened In December - 08

0644  On this day in history death of omar I, 2nd kalief of Islam, murdered   

0899  On December - 08 arnulf of Carinthia, last emperor of Austria-France, dies   

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  On December - 08 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 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 December - 08.   

1680  On this day in history death of henry Pierrepont, 1st Marquess of Dorchester, English politician (b. 1606)   

1681  Gerard Terborch, the Younger, Dutch painter/etcher, dies on December - 08.   

1691  On this day in history death of richard Baxter, English clergyman (b. 1615)   

1695  On December - 08 death of barthélemy d'Herbelot de Molainville, French orientalist (b. 1625)   

1709  On this day in history 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  On December - 08 death of jean Denis Attiret, French Jesuit missionary (b. 1702)   

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

1785  Antonio Maria Mazzoni, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

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  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 December - 08 death of thomas de Quincey, English author (b. 1785)   

1864  Death of George Boole, British inventor of Boolean algebra (b. 1815) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1896  Earnest Angel, German statistician (Law of Angel), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

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

1903  On this day in history herbert Spencer, British engineer/philosopher, dies at 83   

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

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1508  On December - 08 birth of gemma Frisius, [Jemme Reinersz], Frisian geographer/astronomer   

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 this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1715  John Althuysen, Frisian vicar/poet (Frisianche rymlery) was born on this day in history.