Famous Deaths In May - 08

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

0685  Benedict II, Italian Pope (683-85), dies on this day in history.  

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

1278  On this day in history death of emperor Duanzong of China (b. 1268)  

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

1473  On May - 08 death of john Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, English politician (b. 1420)  

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

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

1672  On May - 08 death of jean-Armand du Peyrer, Comte de Tréville and French Officer (b. 1598)  

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

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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 May - 08.  

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

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

1785  On May - 08 pietro Longhi, painter, dies  

1788  Death of Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Italian-born physician and naturalist (b. 1723) on this day in history.  

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

1809  On May - 08 augustin Pajou, French sculptor (Bachante), dies at 78  

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

1819  Death of Kamehameha I, King of Hawaii on May - 08.  

1829  Mauro Giuseppe Sergio Pantaleo Giuliani, composer, dies at 47 on May - 08.  

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  Charles XIV Johan, [Jean B Bernadotte], King of Sweden/Norway, dies on this day in history.  

1846  On May - 08 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  On May - 08 truganini, last originating Tasmanian, dies  

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

1885  Pavel Krizkovsky, composer, dies at 65 on May - 08.  

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 this day in history.  

1460  Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (d. 1536) was born on May - 08.  

1492  On this day in history birth of andreas Alciatus, [Giovanni Andrea-Alciato], Italian lawyer  

1521  On May - 08 birth of peter Canisius, [Pieter de Hondt/Kanijs], jesuit/saint  

1527  On May - 08 birth of johann Walter, composer  

1587  Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy (d. 1637) was born on May - 08.  

1592  On May - 08 birth of francis Quarles, English poet (Argalus & Parthenia, Emblems)  

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