Famous Deaths In May - 08

0535  On May - 08 john, [Mercurius], Italian Pope (533-35), dies  

0685  Benedict II, Italian Pope (683-85), dies on this day in history.  

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

1278  Death of Emperor Duanzong of China (b. 1268) on May - 08.  

1319  On this day in history haakon V, King of Norway (1299-1319), dies  

1473  On May - 08 death of john Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, English politician (b. 1420)  

1538  Death of Edward Fox, English bishop on May - 08.  

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

1672  Death of Jean-Armand du Peyrer, Comte de Tréville and French Officer (b. 1598) on this day in history.  

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

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1725  John Lovewell, US indian fighter, dies in battle on this day in history.  

1766  Death of Samuel Chandler, English non-conformist minister (b. 1693) on this day in history.  

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

1781  On this day in history death of richard Jago, English poet (b. 1715)  

1785  Pietro Longhi, painter, dies on this day in history.  

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 May - 08.  

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

1818  On this day in history franz Ignaz Kaa, composer, dies at 78  

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 this day in history 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  On May - 08 charles XIV Johan, [Jean B Bernadotte], King of Sweden/Norway, dies  

1846  On this day in history giacomo Cordella, composer, dies at 59  

1853  Joannes P Roothaan, 1st Dutch lt col-gen of Jesuits, dies at 67 on May - 08.  

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  Pavel Krizkovsky, composer, dies at 65 on May - 08.  

1887  Death of Alexander Ulyanov, brother of Lenin/hanged for assassination of tsar on May - 08.  

1891  On this day in history helena Petrovina Blavatsky, Russian theosophist, dies  

1894  On this day in history 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  Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (d. 1536) was born on May - 08.  

1492  Andreas Alciatus, [Giovanni Andrea-Alciato], Italian lawyer was born on this day in history.  

1521  On this day in history birth of peter Canisius, [Pieter de Hondt/Kanijs], jesuit/saint  

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  Francis Quarles, English poet (Argalus & Parthenia, Emblems) was born on this day in history.  

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