Famous Deaths Happened In January - 08

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   

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1081  Henry V, Roman German king/emperor (1098/1111-25) was born on this day in history.   

1556  Uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1623) was born on this day in history.   

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  Ivan [Dzivo F] Gundulic, Dalmatisch writer (Dubravka) was born on this day in history.   

1601  Baltasar Gracián y Morales, Spanish writer (d. 1658) was born on January - 08.   

1628  On January - 08 birth of francois de Montmorency-Bouteville, duc de Luxemburg, French soldier   

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