Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In January - 08
Monday, 15 December 2025
1859 Antoine GB Schayes, Belgian historian/archaeologist, dies at 50 on this day in history. 

1864 Victor-Charles-Paul Dourlen, composer, dies at 83 on January - 08. 

1865 Death of Aimé, duc de Clermont-Tonnerre, French general (b. 1779) on this day in history. 

1874 On January - 08 death of charles Etienne Brasseur de Bourbourg, French writer and historian (b. 1814) 

1880 [Joshua] Norton I, Emperor of US/Protector of Mexico, dies at 60 on January - 08. 

1891 Fredrik Pacius, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history. 

1892 On January - 08 john Heykamp, old-catholic archbishop of Utrecht, dies at 67 

1894 Pierre-Joseph van Beneden, paleont (life of tapeworms), dies at 84 on this day in history. 

1896 Death of William Rainey Marshall, Governor of Minnesota (b. 1825) on this day in history. 

1900 On this day in history billy Bates, cricketer (656 runs & 50 wkts in 15 Tests for Eng), dies 

1901 On January - 08 death of john Barry, Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1873) 

1907 On this day in history theodoor Verstraete, Flemish painter/etcher, dies at 57 

1916 Death of Ada Rehan, Irish-born American actress (b. 1860) on January - 08. 

1918 On January - 08 michael Hertz, composer, dies at 73 

1919 Peter Altenberg, writer, dies at 59 on January - 08. 

1921 On this day in history luis Villalba Munoz, composer, dies at 48 

1922 On this day in history charles R Young, colonel, dies at 58, in Lagos Nigeria 

1926 Emile Paladilhe, composer, dies at 81 on January - 08. 

1928 Dumitru Kiriac-Georgescu, composer, dies at 61 on January - 08. 

1932 Death of Eurosia Fabris, Italian Catholic (b. 1866) on this day in history. 

1934 Alexandre Stavisky, French swindler, dies on January - 08. 

1937 On January - 08 john Felix August Korling, composer, dies at 72 

1938 On this day in history death of johnny Gruelle, Creator of Raggedy Ann and Andy (b. 1880) 

1941 On this day in history robert Baden-Powell, founder (Boy Scout movement), dies at 83 

1942 Arvo Hannikainen, composer, dies at 44 on January - 08. 

1943 On January - 08 death of richard Hillary, Australian Spitfire pilot and author (b. 1919) 

1944 On this day in history death of william Kissam Vanderbilt II, member of the Vanderbilt family (b. 1878) 

1945 Jac[obus] P Thijsse, Dutch biologist (Omgang met planten), dies at 79 on January - 08. 

1948 On this day in history kurt Schwitters, writer, dies at 60 

1950 George Rowe, cricketer (15 wckts in 4 Tests for S Af 1895-1902), dies on this day in history. 

1952 Antonia Maury, discoverer (supergiant, giant & dwarf stars), dies on January - 08. 

1953 Heinrich Kaspar Schmid, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history. 

1956 On January - 08 death of jim Elliot, American Christian missionary (b. 1928) 

1958 On this day in history death of paul Pilgrim, American athlete (b. 1883) 

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