Famous Deaths Happened 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 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  Haakon V, King of Norway (1299-1319), dies on May - 08.   

1473  On this day in history death of john Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, English politician (b. 1420)   

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

1577  On May - 08 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 May - 08.   

1684  On May - 08 henri Dumont, composer, dies   

1725  John Lovewell, US indian fighter, dies in battle on this day in history.   

1766  On May - 08 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  On this day in history pietro Longhi, painter, dies   

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  Augustin Pajou, French sculptor (Bachante), dies at 78 on May - 08.   

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

1819  On May - 08 death of kamehameha I, King of Hawaii   

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 this day in history.   

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  Giacomo Cordella, composer, dies at 59 on May - 08.   

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 May - 08.   

1876  Truganini, last originating Tasmanian, dies on May - 08.   

1880  On May - 08 death of gustave Flaubert, French novelist (b. 1821)   

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 May - 08.   

1891  On May - 08 helena Petrovina Blavatsky, Russian theosophist, dies   

1894  On May - 08 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  Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (d. 1536) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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 RÃ¥lamb, Swedish statesman (d. 1698)