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

1278  On May - 08 death of emperor Duanzong of China (b. 1268)   

1319  Haakon V, King of Norway (1299-1319), dies on this day in history.   

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

1684  On May - 08 henri Dumont, composer, dies   

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

1766  Death of Samuel Chandler, English non-conformist minister (b. 1693) on May - 08.   

1773  On this day in history ali Bey, Egyptian Mameluk head, dies   

1781  Death of Richard Jago, English poet (b. 1715) on this day in history.   

1785  On this day in history 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 May - 08.   

1818  On this day in history 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 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 this day in history.   

1853  Joannes P Roothaan, 1st Dutch lt col-gen of Jesuits, dies at 67 on May - 08.   

1864  On May - 08 james Samuel Wadsworth, gen-mjr (Union), dies in battle at 56   

1873  On May - 08 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 May - 08.   

1885  On May - 08 pavel Krizkovsky, composer, dies at 65   

1887  Death of Alexander Ulyanov, brother of Lenin/hanged for assassination of tsar on May - 08.   

1891  Helena Petrovina Blavatsky, Russian theosophist, dies on this day in history.   

1894  On this day in history klara Fey, German orch leaser (Die Kleinen Betrachtungen), dies at 79   

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1326  On May - 08 birth of joanna I of Auvergne, queen of France (d. 1360)   

1460  Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (d. 1536) was born on May - 08.   

1492  On May - 08 birth of andreas Alciatus, [Giovanni Andrea-Alciato], Italian lawyer   

1521  Peter Canisius, [Pieter de Hondt/Kanijs], jesuit/saint was born on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1622  Claes RÃ¥lamb, Swedish statesman (d. 1698) was born on this day in history.