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 May - 08 death of duke Ottokar IV of Styria (b. 1163)  

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  Death of John Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, English politician (b. 1420) on this day in history.  

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

1577  Viglius ab Aytta Zuichemus, lawyer/President (Raad van State), dies on May - 08.  

1672  Death of Jean-Armand du Peyrer, Comte de Tréville and French Officer (b. 1598) on May - 08.  

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

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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  On May - 08 ali Bey, Egyptian Mameluk head, dies  

1781  On May - 08 death of richard Jago, English poet (b. 1715)  

1785  On this day in history pietro Longhi, painter, dies  

1788  On May - 08 death of giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Italian-born physician and naturalist (b. 1723)  

1794  Death of Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier, chemist (identified oxygen), guillotined on May - 08.  

1809  Augustin Pajou, French sculptor (Bachante), dies at 78 on May - 08.  

1818  On May - 08 franz Ignaz Kaa, composer, dies at 78  

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  On May - 08 death of alexander Balashov, Russian general and statesman (b. 1770)  

1842  Death of Jules Dumont d'Urville, French explorer (b. 1790) on May - 08.  

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 this day in history joannes P Roothaan, 1st Dutch lt col-gen of Jesuits, dies at 67  

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

1873  John Stuart Mill, great Empiricist philosopher, dies at 66 on May - 08.  

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

1880  Death of Gustave Flaubert, French novelist (b. 1821) on this day in history.  

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

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 May - 08.  

1460  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1592  On this day in history birth of francis Quarles, English poet (Argalus & Parthenia, Emblems)  

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