Famous Deaths Happened In May - 08

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

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

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

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

1538  On this day in history 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  Henri Dumont, composer, dies on this day in history.   

1725  John Lovewell, US indian fighter, dies in battle on this day in history.   

1766  Death of Samuel Chandler, English non-conformist minister (b. 1693) on May - 08.   

1773  On May - 08 ali Bey, Egyptian Mameluk head, dies   

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

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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1837  Death of Alexander Balashov, Russian general and statesman (b. 1770) on this day in history.   

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

1880  On this day in history 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  On this day in history helena Petrovina Blavatsky, Russian theosophist, dies   

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  Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (d. 1536) was born on this day in history.   

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