Famous Deaths In May - 08

0535  John, [Mercurius], Italian Pope (533-35), dies on this day in history.  

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

1192  On this day in history death of duke Ottokar IV of Styria (b. 1163)  

1278  On this day in history 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 May - 08.  

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

1577  On this day in history 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  On May - 08 henri Dumont, composer, dies  

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

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

1773  Ali Bey, Egyptian Mameluk head, dies on May - 08.  

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

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  On this day in history death of antoine-Laurent Lavoisier, chemist (identified oxygen), guillotined  

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

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

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 May - 08 death of jules Dumont d'Urville, French explorer (b. 1790)  

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

1846  Giacomo Cordella, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

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  John Stuart Mill, great Empiricist philosopher, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

1876  On May - 08 truganini, last originating Tasmanian, dies  

1880  Death of Gustave Flaubert, French novelist (b. 1821) on May - 08.  

1885  Pavel Krizkovsky, composer, dies at 65 on May - 08.  

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

1891  On May - 08 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 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  On May - 08 birth of peter Canisius, [Pieter de Hondt/Kanijs], jesuit/saint  

1527  Johann Walter, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1592  On May - 08 birth of francis Quarles, English poet (Argalus & Parthenia, Emblems)  

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