Famous Deaths Happened In January - 08
Monday, 19 May 2025
0482 Severinus, German monastery founder/saint, dies on January - 08.
0624 Abu Sufjan ibn Harb, Kurashite chief, dies in battle on January - 08.
1100 Death of Antipope Clement III (bc. 1029) on this day in history.
1107 Death of Edgar of Scotland (b. 1074) on January - 08.
1198 On this day in history coelestinus III, [Giacinto Bobo], pope (1191-98), dies
1324 On this day in history marco Polo, Venetian explorer/gov of Nanking, dies
1336 Giotto di Bondone, Italian Renaissance painter, dies at about 71 on this day in history.
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 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 Jacob Vaet, Flemish composer/royal chaplain master, dies at about 37 on January - 08.
1570 On January - 08 death of philibert de l'Orme, French architect (bc. 1510)
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 January - 08.
1651 Giovanni Battista Gagliano, composer, dies at 56 on January - 08.
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 Philips van Almonde, Zealand lt admiral, dies at 66 on this day in history.
1713 On this day in history arcangelo Corelli, composer/violinist (Concerti Grossi), dies at 59
1775 John Baskerville, English printer/type designer, dies at 68 on this day in history.
1789 On this day in history death of jack Broughton, English boxer (bc. 1703)
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 this day in history jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois, Fren Nat Convention chairman, dies at 46
1808 On this day in history 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 January - 08.
1819 Christian Gottlob Saupe, composer, dies at 55 on this day in history.
1825 On this day in history death of eli Whitney, American inventor (b. 1765)
1831 Franz Vinzenz Krommer, composer, dies at 71 on January - 08.
1842 Pierre, earl the Cambronne, Fren general (Waterloo, Elba), dies at 71 on January - 08.
1854 On January - 08 death of william Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, British general and politician (b. 1768)
1858 On January - 08 friedrich Karl Kuhmstedt, composer, dies at 48