Famous Deaths In January - 08

0482  On this day in history severinus, German monastery founder/saint, dies   

0624  On this day in history abu Sufjan ibn Harb, Kurashite chief, dies in battle   

1100  Death of Antipope Clement III (bc. 1029) on this day in history.   

1107  On January - 08 death of edgar of Scotland (b. 1074)   

1198  On this day in history coelestinus III, [Giacinto Bobo], pope (1191-98), dies   

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

1336  On January - 08 giotto di Bondone, Italian Renaissance painter, dies at about 71   

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

1456  On January - 08 death of st Lawrence Justinian, Italian bishop and first Patriarch of Venice (b. 1381)   

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

1557  Death of Albert the Warlike, Prince of Bayreuth (b. 1522) on January - 08.   

1567  Jacob Vaet, Flemish composer/royal chaplain master, dies at about 37 on January - 08.   

1570  On this day in history death of philibert de l'Orme, French architect (bc. 1510)   

1598  On this day in history 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  On January - 08 giovanni Battista Gagliano, composer, dies at 56   

1696  On January - 08 michael de Ronghe, composer, dies at 75   

1707  Death of John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair, Scottish politician (b. 1648) on this day in history.   

1711  On this day in history philips van Almonde, Zealand lt admiral, dies at 66   

1713  On this day in history arcangelo Corelli, composer/violinist (Concerti Grossi), dies at 59   

1775  John Baskerville, English printer/type designer, dies at 68 on January - 08.   

1789  Death of Jack Broughton, English boxer (bc. 1703) on January - 08.   

1790  John Stinstra, Dutch baptist vicar, dies at 81 on January - 08.   

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  On this day in history friedrich Nicolai, writer, dies   

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

1819  Christian Gottlob Saupe, composer, dies at 55 on January - 08.   

1825  Death of Eli Whitney, American inventor (b. 1765) on this day in history.   

1831  Franz Vinzenz Krommer, composer, dies at 71 on January - 08.   

1842  Pierre, earl the Cambronne, Fren general (Waterloo, Elba), dies at 71 on January - 08.   

1854  Death of William Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, British general and politician (b. 1768) on January - 08.   

1858  Friedrich Karl Kuhmstedt, composer, dies at 48 on this day in history.   

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1081  Henry V, Roman German king/emperor (1098/1111-25) was born on January - 08.   

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

1583  Simon Episcopius, Dutch bishop/theologist was born on January - 08.   

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

1589  Ivan [Dzivo F] Gundulic, Dalmatisch writer (Dubravka) was born on January - 08.   

1601  Baltasar Gracián y Morales, Spanish writer (d. 1658) was born on this day in history.   

1628  Francois de Montmorency-Bouteville, duc de Luxemburg, French soldier was born on January - 08.   

1632  On January - 08 birth of samuel, Freiherr von Pufendorf, German jurist