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 this day in history.  

1278  On May - 08 death of emperor Duanzong of China (b. 1268)  

1319  Haakon V, King of Norway (1299-1319), dies on this day in history.  

1473  Death of John Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, English politician (b. 1420) on this day in history.  

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

1577  On May - 08 viglius ab Aytta Zuichemus, lawyer/President (Raad van State), dies  

1672  On this day in history death of jean-Armand du Peyrer, Comte de Tréville and French Officer (b. 1598)  

1684  Henri Dumont, composer, dies on May - 08.  

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1725  John Lovewell, US indian fighter, dies in battle on May - 08.  

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

1773  On this day in history ali Bey, Egyptian Mameluk head, dies  

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

1785  On this day in history pietro Longhi, painter, dies  

1788  Death of Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Italian-born physician and naturalist (b. 1723) on May - 08.  

1794  Death of Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier, chemist (identified oxygen), guillotined on this day in history.  

1809  Augustin Pajou, French sculptor (Bachante), dies at 78 on this day in history.  

1818  Franz Ignaz Kaa, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.  

1819  Death of Kamehameha I, King of Hawaii on this day in history.  

1829  Mauro Giuseppe Sergio Pantaleo Giuliani, composer, dies at 47 on May - 08.  

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 this day in history.  

1844  Charles XIV Johan, [Jean B Bernadotte], King of Sweden/Norway, dies on May - 08.  

1846  On May - 08 giacomo Cordella, composer, dies at 59  

1853  Joannes P Roothaan, 1st Dutch lt col-gen of Jesuits, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

1864  On May - 08 james Samuel Wadsworth, gen-mjr (Union), dies in battle at 56  

1873  John Stuart Mill, great Empiricist philosopher, dies at 66 on May - 08.  

1876  On this day in history truganini, last originating Tasmanian, dies  

1880  Death of Gustave Flaubert, French novelist (b. 1821) on this day in history.  

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  On May - 08 birth of joanna I of Auvergne, queen of France (d. 1360)  

1460  On May - 08 birth of frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (d. 1536)  

1492  On this day in history 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 May - 08 birth of claes Rålamb, Swedish statesman (d. 1698)