Famous Deaths Happened In January - 08

0482  Severinus, German monastery founder/saint, dies on this day in history.   

0624  Abu Sufjan ibn Harb, Kurashite chief, dies in battle on this day in history.   

1100  Death of Antipope Clement III (bc. 1029) on this day in history.   

1107  On January - 08 death of edgar of Scotland (b. 1074)   

1198  Coelestinus III, [Giacinto Bobo], pope (1191-98), dies on January - 08.   

1324  On January - 08 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 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  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  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 this day in history.   

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 January - 08.   

1651  Giovanni Battista Gagliano, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

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 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  On this day in history death of jack Broughton, English boxer (bc. 1703)   

1790  On January - 08 john Stinstra, Dutch baptist vicar, dies at 81   

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

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

1808  Messenger, horse that sired many great trotters, dies on this day in history.   

1811  Friedrich Nicolai, writer, dies on this day in history.   

1815  On this day in history edward Pakenham, Engl general (Battle of New Orleans), dies in battle   

1819  Christian Gottlob Saupe, composer, dies at 55 on January - 08.   

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 January - 08.   

1854  On this day in history 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   

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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 January - 08 birth of simon Episcopius, Dutch bishop/theologist   

1587  On January - 08 birth of johannes Fabricius, Denmark, astronomer (discovered sunspots)   

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

1601  Baltasar Gracián y Morales, Spanish writer (d. 1658) was born on this day in history.   

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

1632  On this day in history birth of samuel, Freiherr von Pufendorf, German jurist