Famous Deaths In May - 08

0535  John, [Mercurius], Italian Pope (533-35), dies on this day in history.  

0685  On this day in history benedict II, Italian Pope (683-85), dies  

1192  Death of Duke Ottokar IV of Styria (b. 1163) on May - 08.  

1278  On this day in history death of emperor Duanzong of China (b. 1268)  

1319  Haakon V, King of Norway (1299-1319), dies on May - 08.  

1473  On this day in history death of john Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, English politician (b. 1420)  

1538  On this day in history death of edward Fox, English bishop  

1577  On this day in history viglius ab Aytta Zuichemus, lawyer/President (Raad van State), dies  

1672  On May - 08 death of jean-Armand du Peyrer, Comte de Tréville and French Officer (b. 1598)  

1684  On May - 08 henri Dumont, composer, dies  

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1725  On May - 08 john Lovewell, US indian fighter, dies in battle  

1766  On this day in history death of samuel Chandler, English non-conformist minister (b. 1693)  

1773  Ali Bey, Egyptian Mameluk head, dies on this day in history.  

1781  Death of Richard Jago, English poet (b. 1715) on this day in history.  

1785  Pietro Longhi, painter, dies on May - 08.  

1788  Death of Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Italian-born physician and naturalist (b. 1723) on this day in history.  

1794  Death of Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier, chemist (identified oxygen), guillotined on May - 08.  

1809  On this day in history augustin Pajou, French sculptor (Bachante), dies at 78  

1818  Franz Ignaz Kaa, composer, dies at 78 on May - 08.  

1819  On May - 08 death of kamehameha I, King of Hawaii  

1829  On this day in history mauro Giuseppe Sergio Pantaleo Giuliani, composer, dies at 47  

1837  On May - 08 death of alexander Balashov, Russian general and statesman (b. 1770)  

1842  Death of Jules Dumont d'Urville, French explorer (b. 1790) on May - 08.  

1844  Charles XIV Johan, [Jean B Bernadotte], King of Sweden/Norway, dies on this day in history.  

1846  Giacomo Cordella, composer, dies at 59 on May - 08.  

1853  On May - 08 joannes P Roothaan, 1st Dutch lt col-gen of Jesuits, dies at 67  

1864  James Samuel Wadsworth, gen-mjr (Union), dies in battle at 56 on this day in history.  

1873  On this day in history john Stuart Mill, great Empiricist philosopher, dies at 66  

1876  On May - 08 truganini, last originating Tasmanian, dies  

1880  On May - 08 death of gustave Flaubert, French novelist (b. 1821)  

1885  On May - 08 pavel Krizkovsky, composer, dies at 65  

1887  On this day in history death of alexander Ulyanov, brother of Lenin/hanged for assassination of tsar  

1891  Helena Petrovina Blavatsky, Russian theosophist, dies on May - 08.  

1894  On May - 08 klara Fey, German orch leaser (Die Kleinen Betrachtungen), dies at 79  

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1326  Joanna I of Auvergne, queen of France (d. 1360) was born on this day in history.  

1460  Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (d. 1536) was born on this day in history.  

1492  On May - 08 birth of andreas Alciatus, [Giovanni Andrea-Alciato], Italian lawyer  

1521  Peter Canisius, [Pieter de Hondt/Kanijs], jesuit/saint was born on May - 08.  

1527  Johann Walter, composer was born on May - 08.  

1587  Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy (d. 1637) was born on this day in history.  

1592  On this day in history birth of francis Quarles, English poet (Argalus & Parthenia, Emblems)  

1622  On this day in history birth of claes RÃ¥lamb, Swedish statesman (d. 1698)