Famous Deaths Happened In July - 08

0810  On July - 08 pepin, son of Charlemagne, King of Italy, dies (birth date unknown)   

0975  Edgar, King of England (959-75), dies on July - 08.   

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

1153  On this day in history eugene III, [Bernardo], Italian Pope (1145-53), dies   

1249  On this day in history alexander II, king of Scotland (1215-49), dies at 51   

1253  Thibaud IV, poet/count of Champagne/King of Navarra, dies on this day in history.   

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

1531  On July - 08 tilman Riemenschneider, German sculptor, dies at 71   

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

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

1656  On this day in history 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 July - 08.   

1689  Death of Edward Wooster, English Connecticut pioneer (b. 1622) on this day in history.   

1695  Christiaen Huygens, inventor/astronomer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1716  On July - 08 death of robert South, English churchman (b. 1634)   

1721  Death of Elihu Yale, American benefactor of Yale University (b. 1649) on July - 08.   

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

1784  On July - 08 death of torbern Bergman, Swedish chemist (b. 1735)   

1822  Death of Percy Bysshe Shelley, English poet (Prometheus unbound), drowns at 29 on July - 08.   

1826  On July - 08 death of luther Martin, American statesman (b. 1748)   

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

1855  On July - 08 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  Francis P Kenrick, Irish/US archbishop of Baltimore, dies at 65 on July - 08.   

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

1876  Josef Dessauer, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1885  On July - 08 hendrick Waelput, composer, dies at 39   

1894  On July - 08 vladimir Nikitich Kashperov, composer, dies   

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

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

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

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

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 July - 08.   

1545  On this day in history 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 July - 08 birth of giovanni Battista Stefanini, composer   

1593  On July - 08 birth of artemisia Gentileschi, Italian painter (d. 1653)   

1604  On this day in history birth of heinrich Albert, Germany, composer (Arien oder Melodien)   

1621  Jean de la Fontaine, French poet (Fables) was born on July - 08.   

1637  On July - 08 birth of johann Georg Ebeling, composer