Famous Deaths Happened In May - 08
Tuesday, 02 December 2025
0535 On this day in history john, [Mercurius], Italian Pope (533-35), dies 

0685 Benedict II, Italian Pope (683-85), dies on May - 08. 

1192 On May - 08 death of duke Ottokar IV of Styria (b. 1163) 

1278 On May - 08 death of emperor Duanzong of China (b. 1268) 

1319 On this day in history haakon V, King of Norway (1299-1319), dies 

1473 On this day in history 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 May - 08. 

1684 Henri Dumont, composer, dies on this day in history. 

1725 On this day in history 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 On May - 08 death of richard Jago, English poet (b. 1715) 

1785 Pietro Longhi, painter, dies on May - 08. 

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

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

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

1818 Franz Ignaz Kaa, composer, dies at 78 on May - 08. 

1819 On this day in history death of kamehameha I, King of Hawaii 

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

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

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

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 May - 08. 

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

1876 Truganini, last originating Tasmanian, dies on May - 08. 

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

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 On May - 08 helena Petrovina Blavatsky, Russian theosophist, dies 

1894 Klara Fey, German orch leaser (Die Kleinen Betrachtungen), dies at 79 on May - 08. 

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