Famous Deaths In May - 08
Monday, 06 February 2023
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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