Famous Deaths In May - 08

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

0685  On May - 08 benedict II, Italian Pope (683-85), dies  

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

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  On May - 08 viglius ab Aytta Zuichemus, lawyer/President (Raad van State), dies  

1672  On this day in history death of jean-Armand du Peyrer, Comte de Tréville and French Officer (b. 1598)  

1684  On May - 08 henri Dumont, composer, dies  

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

1766  Death of Samuel Chandler, English non-conformist minister (b. 1693) on this day in history.  

1773  Ali Bey, Egyptian Mameluk head, dies on May - 08.  

1781  Death of Richard Jago, English poet (b. 1715) on May - 08.  

1785  Pietro Longhi, painter, dies on this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1837  Death of Alexander Balashov, Russian general and statesman (b. 1770) on May - 08.  

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

1844  On May - 08 charles XIV Johan, [Jean B Bernadotte], King of Sweden/Norway, dies  

1846  On May - 08 giacomo Cordella, composer, dies at 59  

1853  On May - 08 joannes P Roothaan, 1st Dutch lt col-gen of Jesuits, dies at 67  

1864  On this day in history james Samuel Wadsworth, gen-mjr (Union), dies in battle at 56  

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  Pavel Krizkovsky, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

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 May - 08.  

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1326  Joanna I of Auvergne, queen of France (d. 1360) was born on May - 08.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

1622  On this day in history birth of claes RÃ¥lamb, Swedish statesman (d. 1698)