Famous Deaths Happened In May - 08

0535  John, [Mercurius], Italian Pope (533-35), dies on this day in history.   

0685  Benedict II, Italian Pope (683-85), dies on May - 08.   

1192  Death of Duke Ottokar IV of Styria (b. 1163) on May - 08.   

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

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 May - 08 death of edward Fox, English bishop   

1577  On this day in history viglius ab Aytta Zuichemus, lawyer/President (Raad van State), dies   

1672  Death of Jean-Armand du Peyrer, Comte de Tréville and French Officer (b. 1598) on May - 08.   

1684  Henri Dumont, composer, dies on May - 08.   

1725  John Lovewell, US indian fighter, dies in battle on May - 08.   

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

1773  On this day in history ali Bey, Egyptian Mameluk head, dies   

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

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  On May - 08 death of antoine-Laurent Lavoisier, chemist (identified oxygen), guillotined   

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

1818  Franz Ignaz Kaa, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1819  On May - 08 death of kamehameha I, King of Hawaii   

1829  On May - 08 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 May - 08 charles XIV Johan, [Jean B Bernadotte], King of Sweden/Norway, dies   

1846  On May - 08 giacomo Cordella, composer, dies at 59   

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  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 May - 08.   

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

1891  On this day in history helena Petrovina Blavatsky, Russian theosophist, dies   

1894  On this day in history 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 May - 08.   

1460  On May - 08 birth of frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (d. 1536)   

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

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

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

1587  Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy (d. 1637) was born on this day in history.   

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)