Famous Deaths In May - 08

0535  John, [Mercurius], Italian Pope (533-35), dies on this day in history.  

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

1473  Death of John Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, English politician (b. 1420) on this day in history.  

1538  Death of Edward Fox, English bishop on this day in history.  

1577  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1785  On May - 08 pietro Longhi, painter, dies  

1788  Death of Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Italian-born physician and naturalist (b. 1723) on May - 08.  

1794  On May - 08 death of antoine-Laurent Lavoisier, chemist (identified oxygen), guillotined  

1809  Augustin Pajou, French sculptor (Bachante), dies at 78 on this day in history.  

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

1819  Death of Kamehameha I, King of Hawaii on this day in history.  

1829  On this day in history mauro Giuseppe Sergio Pantaleo Giuliani, composer, dies at 47  

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 May - 08.  

1846  On this day in history giacomo Cordella, composer, dies at 59  

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 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  On this day in history death of gustave Flaubert, French novelist (b. 1821)  

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  On this day in history helena Petrovina Blavatsky, Russian theosophist, dies  

1894  Klara Fey, German orch leaser (Die Kleinen Betrachtungen), dies at 79 on this day in history.  

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1326  Joanna I of Auvergne, queen of France (d. 1360) was born on this day in history.  

1460  On this day in history 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 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  Francis Quarles, English poet (Argalus & Parthenia, Emblems) was born on May - 08.  

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