Famous Deaths In July - 08

0810  Pepin, son of Charlemagne, King of Italy, dies (birth date unknown) on July - 08.   

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

1115  On July - 08 petrus van Amiens, French Crusades predictor, dies   

1153  Eugene III, [Bernardo], Italian Pope (1145-53), dies on July - 08.   

1249  Alexander II, king of Scotland (1215-49), dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1253  Thibaud IV, poet/count of Champagne/King of Navarra, dies on July - 08.   

1496  Benedetto Bonfiglio, Italian painter, dies on July - 08.   

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

1538  On July - 08 diego de Almagro, Spanish conquistador (Chile/Peru), dies at about 63   

1623  Gregory XV, [Alessandro Ludovisi], bishop of Bologna/Pope, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1656  On July - 08 alexander van der Capellen, mister of Aartsbergen, dies at about 64   

1679  Samuel J Columbus, Swedish poet (Odae Sveticae), dies on July - 08.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1721  Death of Elihu Yale, American benefactor of Yale University (b. 1649) on this day in history.   

1726  Death of John Ker, Scottish spy (b. 1673) on July - 08.   

1784  Death of Torbern Bergman, Swedish chemist (b. 1735) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1850  On July - 08 death of prince Adolphus, 1st Duke of Cambridge (b. 1774)   

1855  On this day in history death of sir William Edward Parry, English Arctic explorer (b. 1790)   

1859  F J Oscar I, King of Sweden/Norway (1844-59), dies at 60 on this day in history.   

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  Hendrick Waelput, composer, dies at 39 on this day in history.   

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

1895  Death of Johann Josef Loschmidt, Austrian scientist (b. 1821) on July - 08.   

1898  On this day in history death of soapy Smith, American con artist (b. 1860)   

1905  Death of Walter Kittredge, American musician (b. 1834) on this day in history.   

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

1913  On this day in history death of louis Hémon, French-born writer (b. 1880)   

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1528  Emanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy/governor of Netherland was born on this day in history.   

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

1545  On July - 08 birth of don Carlos of Spain (d. 1568)   

1574  On July - 08 birth of giovanni Battista Stefanini, composer   

1593  On this day in history birth of artemisia Gentileschi, Italian painter (d. 1653)   

1604  Heinrich Albert, Germany, composer (Arien oder Melodien) was born on this day in history.   

1621  On July - 08 birth of jean de la Fontaine, French poet (Fables)   

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