Famous Deaths In May - 08

0535  John, [Mercurius], Italian Pope (533-35), dies on May - 08.  

0685  On this day in history benedict II, Italian Pope (683-85), dies  

1192  Death of Duke Ottokar IV of Styria (b. 1163) on this day in history.  

1278  On this day in history death of emperor Duanzong of China (b. 1268)  

1319  On May - 08 haakon V, King of Norway (1299-1319), dies  

1473  On May - 08 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 this day in history.  

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

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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 this day in history.  

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

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

1842  On May - 08 death of jules Dumont d'Urville, French explorer (b. 1790)  

1844  On this day in history charles XIV Johan, [Jean B Bernadotte], King of Sweden/Norway, dies  

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 this day in history.  

1876  On this day in history truganini, last originating Tasmanian, dies  

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

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

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  Klara Fey, German orch leaser (Die Kleinen Betrachtungen), dies at 79 on this day in history.  

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

1460  On May - 08 birth of frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (d. 1536)  

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

1521  Peter Canisius, [Pieter de Hondt/Kanijs], jesuit/saint was born on May - 08.  

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

1587  On this day in history birth of victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy (d. 1637)  

1592  Francis Quarles, English poet (Argalus & Parthenia, Emblems) was born on this day in history.  

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