Famous Deaths In May - 08

0535  John, [Mercurius], Italian Pope (533-35), dies on May - 08.  

0685  Benedict II, Italian Pope (683-85), dies on May - 08.  

1192  Death of Duke Ottokar IV of Styria (b. 1163) on this day in history.  

1278  Death of Emperor Duanzong of China (b. 1268) on this day in history.  

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

1473  Death of John Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, English politician (b. 1420) on May - 08.  

1538  Death of Edward Fox, English bishop on this day in history.  

1577  Viglius ab Aytta Zuichemus, lawyer/President (Raad van State), dies on May - 08.  

1672  Death of Jean-Armand du Peyrer, Comte de Tréville and French Officer (b. 1598) on May - 08.  

1684  On this day in history henri Dumont, composer, dies  

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

1766  On May - 08 death of samuel Chandler, English non-conformist minister (b. 1693)  

1773  On May - 08 ali Bey, Egyptian Mameluk head, dies  

1781  Death of Richard Jago, English poet (b. 1715) on May - 08.  

1785  On May - 08 pietro Longhi, painter, dies  

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 this day in history.  

1809  On May - 08 augustin Pajou, French sculptor (Bachante), dies at 78  

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

1819  On this day in history death of kamehameha I, King of Hawaii  

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 May - 08.  

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

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  On this day in history 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 May - 08 truganini, last originating Tasmanian, dies  

1880  On this day in history death of gustave Flaubert, French novelist (b. 1821)  

1885  Pavel Krizkovsky, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

1887  On May - 08 death of alexander Ulyanov, brother of Lenin/hanged for assassination of tsar  

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  Joanna I of Auvergne, queen of France (d. 1360) was born on May - 08.  

1460  On this day in history birth of frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (d. 1536)  

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  Francis Quarles, English poet (Argalus & Parthenia, Emblems) was born on May - 08.  

1622  On May - 08 birth of claes Rålamb, Swedish statesman (d. 1698)