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  Petrus van Amiens, French Crusades predictor, dies on July - 08.  

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 this day in history thibaud IV, poet/count of Champagne/King of Navarra, dies  

1496  On this day in history benedetto Bonfiglio, Italian painter, dies  

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 this day in history.  

1623  On this day in history 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  Death of Edward Wooster, English Connecticut pioneer (b. 1622) on July - 08.  

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

1716  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

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

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  Death of Sir William Edward Parry, English Arctic explorer (b. 1790) on July - 08.  

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

1863  On July - 08 francis P Kenrick, Irish/US archbishop of Baltimore, dies at 65  

1870  On July - 08 john D Zocher Jr, architect (Soestdijk Palace), dies at 79  

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

1885  Hendrick Waelput, composer, dies at 39 on this day in history.  

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

1895  On July - 08 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 this day in history death of walter Kittredge, American musician (b. 1834)  

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

1545  On this day in history birth of don Carlos of Spain (d. 1568)  

1574  Giovanni Battista Stefanini, composer was born on July - 08.  

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