Famous Deaths Happened In June - 08
Friday, 18 July 2025
0218 Opellius Macrinus, emperor of Rome (217-8), dies in battle at 54 on this day in history.
0632 Mohammed, prophet of Islam (Koran), dies (according to tradition) on June - 08.
1042 On June - 08 death of hardicanute, King of England (1040-42), Lambeth
1115 Peter van Amiens, French minister of crusades, dies at about 64 on June - 08.
1376 "Black Prince" of Wales, son of King Edward of England, dies at 46 on June - 08.
1383 Death of Thomas de Ros, 5th Baron de Ros, English Crusader (b. 1338) on June - 08.
1384 On June - 08 death of kanami, Japanese actor (b. 1333)
1476 Death of George Neville, English archbishop and statesman on June - 08.
1505 Death of Hongzhi, Emperor of China (b. 1470) on this day in history.
1611 On this day in history death of jean Bertaut, French poet (b. 1552)
1612 On this day in history hans Leo Hassler, composer, dies at 49
1621 Death of Anne de Xainctonge, French saint (b. 1567) on June - 08.
1628 On June - 08 death of rudolph Goclenius, German philosopher (b. 1547)
1661 John Elsevier, book publisher/publisher, dies at 39 on this day in history.
1688 Death of Hans Bontemantel, Amsterdams merchant, buried on this day in history.
1695 Christian Huygens, inventor/astronomer (ring of Saturn), dies at 66 on this day in history.
1711 Katharina Lescaille, [Netherlands Sappho], poetess, dies at 61 on June - 08.
1716 On this day in history death of johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine (b. 1658)
1727 On June - 08 death of august Hermann Francke, German Protestant minister (b. 1663)
1742 Omobono Stradivari, Italian violin maker/son of Antonius, dies at 62 on June - 08.
1768 On June - 08 johann J Winckelmann, German archaeologist, dies at 50
1771 Death of George Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, English statesman (b. 1716) on this day in history.
1790 On this day in history charles-Joseph van Helmont, composer, dies at 75
1794 On June - 08 g A Borger, writer, dies
1795 Louis XVII Charles, king of France (1793-95), dies at 10 on this day in history.
1796 Felice de Giardini, composer, dies at 80 on June - 08.
1803 Joannes Natalis Paquot, Belgian priest/historian, dies at 80 on June - 08.
1806 On this day in history george Wythe, US attorney (signed Decl of Indep), dies at about 79
1809 Thomas Paine, writer (Age of Reason, Common Sense), dies at 72 on this day in history.
1814 On June - 08 friedrich Heinrich Himmel, composer, dies at 48
1831 On this day in history sarah Kemble Siddons, English actress (Lady Macbeth), dies at 75
1835 On this day in history death of gian Domenico Romagnosi, Italian physicist (b. 1761)
1845 On this day in history andrew Jackson, (D) 7th pres (1828-37), dies at 78
1857 On this day in history death of douglas William Jerrold, British playwright and satirist (b. 1803)
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