Famous Deaths Happened In January - 08

0482  Severinus, German monastery founder/saint, dies on January - 08.   

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

1100  On January - 08 death of antipope Clement III (bc. 1029)   

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

1198  On January - 08 coelestinus III, [Giacinto Bobo], pope (1191-98), dies   

1324  Marco Polo, Venetian explorer/gov of Nanking, dies on January - 08.   

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 this day in history.   

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 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 January - 08.   

1642  Galileo Galilei, Italian physicist/astronomer, dies at 77 in Italy on January - 08.   

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

1696  On this day in history michael de Ronghe, composer, dies at 75   

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

1775  On January - 08 john Baskerville, English printer/type designer, dies at 68   

1789  Death of Jack Broughton, English boxer (bc. 1703) on January - 08.   

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

1794  On January - 08 death of justus Möser, German statesman (b. 1720)   

1796  Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois, Fren Nat Convention chairman, dies at 46 on January - 08.   

1808  On this day in history messenger, horse that sired many great trotters, dies   

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

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

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

1825  On this day in history death of eli Whitney, American inventor (b. 1765)   

1831  On January - 08 franz Vinzenz Krommer, composer, dies at 71   

1842  Pierre, earl the Cambronne, Fren general (Waterloo, Elba), dies at 71 on January - 08.   

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

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

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

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

1589  On January - 08 birth of ivan [Dzivo F] Gundulic, Dalmatisch writer (Dubravka)   

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