Famous Deaths Happened In January - 08

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

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  On this day in history death of edgar of Scotland (b. 1074)   

1198  Coelestinus III, [Giacinto Bobo], pope (1191-98), dies on this day in history.   

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 January - 08 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  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  On January - 08 jacob Vaet, Flemish composer/royal chaplain master, dies at about 37   

1570  On January - 08 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 January - 08 galileo Galilei, Italian physicist/astronomer, dies at 77 in Italy   

1651  On January - 08 giovanni Battista Gagliano, composer, dies at 56   

1696  Michael de Ronghe, composer, dies at 75 on January - 08.   

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

1711  Philips van Almonde, Zealand lt admiral, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1713  On January - 08 arcangelo Corelli, composer/violinist (Concerti Grossi), dies at 59   

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 January - 08.   

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  Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois, Fren Nat Convention chairman, dies at 46 on January - 08.   

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 January - 08.   

1819  Christian Gottlob Saupe, composer, dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1825  Death of Eli Whitney, American inventor (b. 1765) on January - 08.   

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

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

1854  On January - 08 death of william Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, British general and politician (b. 1768)   

1858  On this day in history friedrich Karl Kuhmstedt, composer, dies at 48   

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1081  On January - 08 birth of henry V, Roman German king/emperor (1098/1111-25)   

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

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

1587  Johannes Fabricius, Denmark, astronomer (discovered sunspots) was born on January - 08.   

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

1601  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of samuel, Freiherr von Pufendorf, German jurist