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  Death of Antipope Clement III (bc. 1029) on January - 08.   

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  Marco Polo, Venetian explorer/gov of Nanking, dies on this day in history.   

1336  Giotto di Bondone, Italian Renaissance painter, dies at about 71 on January - 08.   

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 this day in history.   

1464  On January - 08 death of thomas Ebendorfer, Austrian historian (b. 1385)   

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

1567  On this day in history jacob Vaet, Flemish composer/royal chaplain master, dies at about 37   

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

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 this day in history.   

1775  On this day in history john Baskerville, English printer/type designer, dies at 68   

1789  Death of Jack Broughton, English boxer (bc. 1703) on this day in history.   

1790  John Stinstra, Dutch baptist vicar, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1794  On this day in history death of justus Möser, German statesman (b. 1720)   

1796  On January - 08 jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois, Fren Nat Convention chairman, dies at 46   

1808  Messenger, horse that sired many great trotters, dies on January - 08.   

1811  On this day in history friedrich Nicolai, writer, dies   

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 January - 08.   

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 January - 08.   

1854  On this day in history death of william Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, British general and politician (b. 1768)   

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

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1081  On this day in history birth of henry V, Roman German king/emperor (1098/1111-25)   

1556  On this day in history birth of uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1623)   

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

1587  On this day in history 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 January - 08 birth of baltasar Gracián y Morales, Spanish writer (d. 1658)   

1628  Francois de Montmorency-Bouteville, duc de Luxemburg, French soldier was born on this day in history.   

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