Famous Deaths In July - 08

0810  On this day in history pepin, son of Charlemagne, King of Italy, dies (birth date unknown)  

0975  Edgar, King of England (959-75), dies on this day in history.  

1115  Petrus van Amiens, French Crusades predictor, dies on this day in history.  

1153  On July - 08 eugene III, [Bernardo], Italian Pope (1145-53), dies  

1249  On July - 08 alexander II, king of Scotland (1215-49), dies at 51  

1253  On July - 08 thibaud IV, poet/count of Champagne/King of Navarra, dies  

1496  Benedetto Bonfiglio, Italian painter, dies on this day in history.  

1531  On this day in history tilman Riemenschneider, German sculptor, dies at 71  

1538  Diego de Almagro, Spanish conquistador (Chile/Peru), dies at about 63 on July - 08.  

1623  On July - 08 gregory XV, [Alessandro Ludovisi], bishop of Bologna/Pope, dies at 69  

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1656  Alexander van der Capellen, mister of Aartsbergen, dies at about 64 on this day in history.  

1679  On this day in history samuel J Columbus, Swedish poet (Odae Sveticae), dies  

1681  Georg Neumark, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

1689  On July - 08 death of edward Wooster, English Connecticut pioneer (b. 1622)  

1695  Christiaen Huygens, inventor/astronomer, dies at 66 on July - 08.  

1716  Death of Robert South, English churchman (b. 1634) on this day in history.  

1721  On this day in history death of elihu Yale, American benefactor of Yale University (b. 1649)  

1726  Death of John Ker, Scottish spy (b. 1673) on this day in history.  

1784  Death of Torbern Bergman, Swedish chemist (b. 1735) on July - 08.  

1822  On July - 08 death of percy Bysshe Shelley, English poet (Prometheus unbound), drowns at 29  

1826  Death of Luther Martin, American statesman (b. 1748) on July - 08.  

1850  Death of Prince Adolphus, 1st Duke of Cambridge (b. 1774) on July - 08.  

1855  Death of Sir William Edward Parry, English Arctic explorer (b. 1790) on this day in history.  

1859  F J Oscar I, King of Sweden/Norway (1844-59), dies at 60 on July - 08.  

1863  On this day in history francis P Kenrick, Irish/US archbishop of Baltimore, dies at 65  

1870  John D Zocher Jr, architect (Soestdijk Palace), dies at 79 on July - 08.  

1876  Josef Dessauer, composer, dies at 78 on July - 08.  

1885  On this day in history hendrick Waelput, composer, dies at 39  

1894  Vladimir Nikitich Kashperov, composer, dies on July - 08.  

1895  Death of Johann Josef Loschmidt, Austrian scientist (b. 1821) on this day in history.  

1898  Death of Soapy Smith, American con artist (b. 1860) on July - 08.  

1905  Death of Walter Kittredge, American musician (b. 1834) on July - 08.  

1909  Gaston AA marquis de Gallifet, Fren min of War (1899-1900), dies at 79 on July - 08.  

1913  Death of Louis Hémon, French-born writer (b. 1880) on July - 08.  

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1528  On this day in history birth of emanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy/governor of Netherland  

1545  On July - 08 birth of don Carlos, son of Spanish king Philip II  

1545  Don Carlos of Spain (d. 1568) was born on this day in history.  

1574  On this day in history birth of giovanni Battista Stefanini, composer  

1593  Artemisia Gentileschi, Italian painter (d. 1653) was born on July - 08.  

1604  On July - 08 birth of heinrich Albert, Germany, composer (Arien oder Melodien)  

1621  On this day in history birth of jean de la Fontaine, French poet (Fables)  

1637  Johann Georg Ebeling, composer was born on July - 08.