Famous Deaths Happened In January - 08
Friday, 18 July 2025
0482 Severinus, German monastery founder/saint, dies on this day in history.
0624 On January - 08 abu Sufjan ibn Harb, Kurashite chief, dies in battle
1100 Death of Antipope Clement III (bc. 1029) on January - 08.
1107 Death of Edgar of Scotland (b. 1074) on this day in history.
1198 Coelestinus III, [Giacinto Bobo], pope (1191-98), dies on this day in history.
1324 Marco Polo, Venetian explorer/gov of Nanking, dies on January - 08.
1336 On this day in history 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 this day in history death of st Lawrence Justinian, Italian bishop and first Patriarch of Venice (b. 1381)
1464 Death of Thomas Ebendorfer, Austrian historian (b. 1385) on this day in history.
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 Death of Philibert de l'Orme, French architect (bc. 1510) on January - 08.
1598 Johan Georg, elector of Brandenburg (1571-91), dies at 72 on this day in history.
1642 Galileo Galilei, Italian physicist/astronomer, dies at 77 in Italy on this day in history.
1651 On this day in history giovanni Battista Gagliano, composer, dies at 56
1696 Michael de Ronghe, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.
1707 Death of John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair, Scottish politician (b. 1648) on January - 08.
1711 On this day in history 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 January - 08.
1789 Death of Jack Broughton, English boxer (bc. 1703) on this day in history.
1790 On this day in history john Stinstra, Dutch baptist vicar, dies at 81
1794 Death of Justus Möser, German statesman (b. 1720) on this day in history.
1796 On this day in history jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois, Fren Nat Convention chairman, dies at 46
1808 Messenger, horse that sired many great trotters, dies on this day in history.
1811 Friedrich Nicolai, writer, dies on January - 08.
1815 On January - 08 edward Pakenham, Engl general (Battle of New Orleans), dies in battle
1819 On this day in history christian Gottlob Saupe, composer, dies at 55
1825 Death of Eli Whitney, American inventor (b. 1765) on this day in history.
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 January - 08.
1854 Death of William Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, British general and politician (b. 1768) on January - 08.
1858 On this day in history friedrich Karl Kuhmstedt, composer, dies at 48