Famous Deaths Happened In January - 08

0482  Severinus, German monastery founder/saint, dies on January - 08.   

0624  Abu Sufjan ibn Harb, Kurashite chief, dies in battle on this day in history.   

1100  On January - 08 death of antipope Clement III (bc. 1029)   

1107  On this day in history death of edgar of Scotland (b. 1074)   

1198  On January - 08 coelestinus III, [Giacinto Bobo], pope (1191-98), dies   

1324  On January - 08 marco Polo, Venetian explorer/gov of Nanking, dies   

1336  Giotto di Bondone, Italian Renaissance painter, dies at about 71 on this day in history.   

1455  On this day in history laurentius Justitianus, [Lorenzo Giustiniani], saint, dies at 73   

1456  Death of St Lawrence Justinian, Italian bishop and first Patriarch of Venice (b. 1381) on January - 08.   

1464  Death of Thomas Ebendorfer, Austrian historian (b. 1385) on January - 08.   

1557  Death of Albert the Warlike, Prince of Bayreuth (b. 1522) on this day in history.   

1567  Jacob Vaet, Flemish composer/royal chaplain master, dies at about 37 on this day in history.   

1570  On January - 08 death of philibert de l'Orme, French architect (bc. 1510)   

1598  On January - 08 johan Georg, elector of Brandenburg (1571-91), dies at 72   

1642  On this day in history galileo Galilei, Italian physicist/astronomer, dies at 77 in Italy   

1651  Giovanni Battista Gagliano, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1696  Michael de Ronghe, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1707  On January - 08 death of john Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair, Scottish politician (b. 1648)   

1711  On January - 08 philips van Almonde, Zealand lt admiral, dies at 66   

1713  Arcangelo Corelli, composer/violinist (Concerti Grossi), dies at 59 on January - 08.   

1775  John Baskerville, English printer/type designer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1789  On this day in history death of jack Broughton, English boxer (bc. 1703)   

1790  On this day in history john Stinstra, Dutch baptist vicar, dies at 81   

1794  Death of Justus Möser, German statesman (b. 1720) on January - 08.   

1796  On this day in history jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois, Fren Nat Convention chairman, dies at 46   

1808  On this day in history messenger, horse that sired many great trotters, dies   

1811  Friedrich Nicolai, writer, dies on January - 08.   

1815  On January - 08 edward Pakenham, Engl general (Battle of New Orleans), dies in battle   

1819  Christian Gottlob Saupe, composer, dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1825  On this day in history death of eli Whitney, American inventor (b. 1765)   

1831  Franz Vinzenz Krommer, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1842  Pierre, earl the Cambronne, Fren general (Waterloo, Elba), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1854  On January - 08 death of william Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, British general and politician (b. 1768)   

1858  On January - 08 friedrich Karl Kuhmstedt, composer, dies at 48   

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1081  On January - 08 birth of henry V, Roman German king/emperor (1098/1111-25)   

1556  On January - 08 birth of uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1623)   

1583  Simon Episcopius, Dutch bishop/theologist was born on this day in history.   

1587  On January - 08 birth of johannes Fabricius, Denmark, astronomer (discovered sunspots)   

1589  On this day in history birth of ivan [Dzivo F] Gundulic, Dalmatisch writer (Dubravka)   

1601  On this day in history birth of baltasar Gracián y Morales, Spanish writer (d. 1658)   

1628  On this day in history birth of francois de Montmorency-Bouteville, duc de Luxemburg, French soldier   

1632  Samuel, Freiherr von Pufendorf, German jurist was born on January - 08.