Famous Deaths In May - 08

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

0685  On May - 08 benedict II, Italian Pope (683-85), dies   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1577  On this day in history viglius ab Aytta Zuichemus, lawyer/President (Raad van State), dies   

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

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

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

1766  On this day in history death of samuel Chandler, English non-conformist minister (b. 1693)   

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

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

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

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

1794  On May - 08 death of antoine-Laurent Lavoisier, chemist (identified oxygen), guillotined   

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

1818  Franz Ignaz Kaa, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1819  Death of Kamehameha I, King of Hawaii on May - 08.   

1829  Mauro Giuseppe Sergio Pantaleo Giuliani, composer, dies at 47 on May - 08.   

1837  Death of Alexander Balashov, Russian general and statesman (b. 1770) on May - 08.   

1842  Death of Jules Dumont d'Urville, French explorer (b. 1790) on this day in history.   

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

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

1853  On May - 08 joannes P Roothaan, 1st Dutch lt col-gen of Jesuits, dies at 67   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1521  On May - 08 birth of peter Canisius, [Pieter de Hondt/Kanijs], jesuit/saint   

1527  On this day in history birth of johann Walter, composer   

1587  Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy (d. 1637) was born on May - 08.   

1592  Francis Quarles, English poet (Argalus & Parthenia, Emblems) was born on May - 08.   

1622  Claes RÃ¥lamb, Swedish statesman (d. 1698) was born on May - 08.