Famous Deaths In May - 08
Thursday, 08 June 2023
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 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 Haakon V, King of Norway (1299-1319), dies on May - 08.
1473 Death of John Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, English politician (b. 1420) on May - 08.
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 this day in history death of jean-Armand du Peyrer, Comte de Tréville and French Officer (b. 1598)
1684 Henri Dumont, composer, dies on May - 08.
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 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 this day in history 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 this day in history franz Ignaz Kaa, composer, dies at 78
1819 Death of Kamehameha I, King of Hawaii on this day in history.
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 May - 08.
1842 On May - 08 death of jules Dumont d'Urville, French explorer (b. 1790)
1844 Charles XIV Johan, [Jean B Bernadotte], King of Sweden/Norway, dies on this day in history.
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 May - 08.
1864 On May - 08 james Samuel Wadsworth, gen-mjr (Union), dies in battle at 56
1873 On May - 08 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 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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