Famous Deaths Happened 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  On this day in history death of antipope Clement III (bc. 1029)   

1107  Death of Edgar of Scotland (b. 1074) on this day in history.   

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

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  Laurentius Justitianus, [Lorenzo Giustiniani], saint, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1456  Death of St Lawrence Justinian, Italian bishop and first Patriarch of Venice (b. 1381) on this day in history.   

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

1557  On this day in history death of albert the Warlike, Prince of Bayreuth (b. 1522)   

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

1570  Death of Philibert de l'Orme, French architect (bc. 1510) on January - 08.   

1598  On this day in history johan Georg, elector of Brandenburg (1571-91), dies at 72   

1642  On January - 08 galileo Galilei, Italian physicist/astronomer, dies at 77 in Italy   

1651  On this day in history giovanni Battista Gagliano, composer, dies at 56   

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

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

1711  Philips van Almonde, Zealand lt admiral, dies at 66 on January - 08.   

1713  Arcangelo Corelli, composer/violinist (Concerti Grossi), dies at 59 on this day in history.   

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 January - 08.   

1796  Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois, Fren Nat Convention chairman, dies at 46 on this day in history.   

1808  On January - 08 messenger, horse that sired many great trotters, dies   

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

1815  Edward Pakenham, Engl general (Battle of New Orleans), dies in battle on this day in history.   

1819  On January - 08 christian Gottlob Saupe, composer, dies at 55   

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

1831  On this day in history franz Vinzenz Krommer, composer, dies at 71   

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

1854  Death of William Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, British general and politician (b. 1768) on this day in history.   

1858  On January - 08 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  On this day in history birth of uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1623)   

1583  On this day in history birth of simon Episcopius, Dutch bishop/theologist   

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  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.