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

1538  On May - 08 death of edward Fox, English bishop  

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

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

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

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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 May - 08.  

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

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

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

1788  On this day in history death of giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Italian-born physician and naturalist (b. 1723)  

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

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

1818  On May - 08 franz Ignaz Kaa, composer, dies at 78  

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

1829  Mauro Giuseppe Sergio Pantaleo Giuliani, composer, dies at 47 on this day in history.  

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

1842  On this day in history death of jules Dumont d'Urville, French explorer (b. 1790)  

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

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  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 this day in history truganini, last originating Tasmanian, dies  

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

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

1887  Death of Alexander Ulyanov, brother of Lenin/hanged for assassination of tsar on this day in history.  

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

1894  Klara Fey, German orch leaser (Die Kleinen Betrachtungen), dies at 79 on this day in history.  

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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  Andreas Alciatus, [Giovanni Andrea-Alciato], Italian lawyer was born on May - 08.  

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

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

1587  On May - 08 birth of victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy (d. 1637)  

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)