Famous Deaths In May - 08

0535  On this day in history john, [Mercurius], Italian Pope (533-35), dies  

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

1192  Death of Duke Ottokar IV of Styria (b. 1163) on May - 08.  

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  On May - 08 death of john Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, English politician (b. 1420)  

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

1577  Viglius ab Aytta Zuichemus, lawyer/President (Raad van State), dies on this day in history.  

1672  Death of Jean-Armand du Peyrer, Comte de Tréville and French Officer (b. 1598) on this day in history.  

1684  On this day in history henri Dumont, composer, dies  

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1725  On May - 08 john Lovewell, US indian fighter, dies in battle  

1766  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of antoine-Laurent Lavoisier, chemist (identified oxygen), guillotined  

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

1818  On this day in history franz Ignaz Kaa, composer, dies at 78  

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 this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

1853  On this day in history 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 May - 08.  

1873  On this day in history john Stuart Mill, great Empiricist philosopher, dies at 66  

1876  Truganini, last originating Tasmanian, dies on this day in history.  

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

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  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 this day in history.  

1460  Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (d. 1536) was born on this day in history.  

1492  On this day in history birth of andreas Alciatus, [Giovanni Andrea-Alciato], Italian lawyer  

1521  On this day in history birth of peter Canisius, [Pieter de Hondt/Kanijs], jesuit/saint  

1527  On May - 08 birth of johann Walter, composer  

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

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

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