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

1278  Death of Emperor Duanzong of China (b. 1268) on May - 08.  

1319  Haakon V, King of Norway (1299-1319), dies on May - 08.  

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 May - 08.  

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

1684  On this day in history henri Dumont, composer, dies  

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

1766  On May - 08 death of samuel Chandler, English non-conformist minister (b. 1693)  

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

1781  Death of Richard Jago, English poet (b. 1715) on this day in history.  

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

1788  On this day in history 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  On this day in history augustin Pajou, French sculptor (Bachante), dies at 78  

1818  On May - 08 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 May - 08.  

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  Joannes P Roothaan, 1st Dutch lt col-gen of Jesuits, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

1864  James Samuel Wadsworth, gen-mjr (Union), dies in battle at 56 on this day in history.  

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 May - 08.  

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 this day in history.  

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1326  On this day in history birth of joanna I of Auvergne, queen of France (d. 1360)  

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

1492  Andreas Alciatus, [Giovanni Andrea-Alciato], Italian lawyer was born on this day in history.  

1521  On this day in history birth of peter Canisius, [Pieter de Hondt/Kanijs], jesuit/saint  

1527  On this day in history birth of johann Walter, composer  

1587  On this day in history birth of victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy (d. 1637)  

1592  Francis Quarles, English poet (Argalus & Parthenia, Emblems) was born on May - 08.  

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