Famous Deaths Happened In July - 08
Thursday, 18 September 2025
0810 On July - 08 pepin, son of Charlemagne, King of Italy, dies (birth date unknown)
0975 On this day in history edgar, King of England (959-75), dies
1115 Petrus van Amiens, French Crusades predictor, dies on this day in history.
1153 Eugene III, [Bernardo], Italian Pope (1145-53), dies on July - 08.
1249 Alexander II, king of Scotland (1215-49), dies at 51 on July - 08.
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 Tilman Riemenschneider, German sculptor, dies at 71 on July - 08.
1538 Diego de Almagro, Spanish conquistador (Chile/Peru), dies at about 63 on this day in history.
1623 On July - 08 gregory XV, [Alessandro Ludovisi], bishop of Bologna/Pope, dies at 69
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 this day in history death of edward Wooster, English Connecticut pioneer (b. 1622)
1695 On this day in history christiaen Huygens, inventor/astronomer, dies at 66
1716 Death of Robert South, English churchman (b. 1634) on July - 08.
1721 On July - 08 death of elihu Yale, American benefactor of Yale University (b. 1649)
1726 On this day in history death of john Ker, Scottish spy (b. 1673)
1784 Death of Torbern Bergman, Swedish chemist (b. 1735) on July - 08.
1822 On this day in history death of percy Bysshe Shelley, English poet (Prometheus unbound), drowns at 29
1826 On this day in history death of luther Martin, American statesman (b. 1748)
1850 Death of Prince Adolphus, 1st Duke of Cambridge (b. 1774) on this day in history.
1855 On this day in history death of sir William Edward Parry, English Arctic explorer (b. 1790)
1859 On July - 08 f J Oscar I, King of Sweden/Norway (1844-59), dies at 60
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 On July - 08 vladimir Nikitich Kashperov, composer, dies
1895 On this day in history death of johann Josef Loschmidt, Austrian scientist (b. 1821)
1898 On this day in history death of soapy Smith, American con artist (b. 1860)
1905 On July - 08 death of walter Kittredge, American musician (b. 1834)
1909 On July - 08 gaston AA marquis de Gallifet, Fren min of War (1899-1900), dies at 79
1913 On July - 08 death of louis Hémon, French-born writer (b. 1880)
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