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  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  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 this day in history.   

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

1684  On May - 08 henri Dumont, composer, dies   

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 this day in history.   

1781  On this day in history death of richard Jago, English poet (b. 1715)   

1785  On May - 08 pietro Longhi, painter, dies   

1788  On May - 08 death of giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Italian-born physician and naturalist (b. 1723)   

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  On this day in history franz Ignaz Kaa, composer, dies at 78   

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

1842  On May - 08 death of jules Dumont d'Urville, French explorer (b. 1790)   

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  On this day in history james Samuel Wadsworth, gen-mjr (Union), dies in battle at 56   

1873  John Stuart Mill, great Empiricist philosopher, dies at 66 on May - 08.   

1876  On this day in history truganini, last originating Tasmanian, dies   

1880  Death of Gustave Flaubert, French novelist (b. 1821) on this day in history.   

1885  On May - 08 pavel Krizkovsky, composer, dies at 65   

1887  Death of Alexander Ulyanov, brother of Lenin/hanged for assassination of tsar on this day in history.   

1891  Helena Petrovina Blavatsky, Russian theosophist, dies on this day in history.   

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

1492  On May - 08 birth of andreas Alciatus, [Giovanni Andrea-Alciato], Italian lawyer   

1521  Peter Canisius, [Pieter de Hondt/Kanijs], jesuit/saint was born on this day in history.   

1527  Johann Walter, composer was born on May - 08.   

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

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

1622  Claes RÃ¥lamb, Swedish statesman (d. 1698) was born on May - 08.