Famous Deaths Happened 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 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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1326  On May - 08 birth of joanna I of Auvergne, queen of France (d. 1360)   

1460  On this day in history birth of frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (d. 1536)   

1492  Andreas Alciatus, [Giovanni Andrea-Alciato], Italian lawyer was born on May - 08.   

1521  On May - 08 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  On this day in history birth of francis Quarles, English poet (Argalus & Parthenia, Emblems)   

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