Famous Deaths In October - 08
Sunday, 28 May 2023
0705 Abd al-Malik, kalief of Damascus, dies on October - 08.
0976 Death of Jelena of Zadar, Croatian queen on this day in history.
1094 Death of St Mark, the Evangelist, buried in San Marcos minstery in Venice on this day in history.
1253 On October - 08 robert Grosseteste, English Bishop/expert (optica), dies
1286 On October - 08 death of john I of Dreux, Duke of Brittany (b. 1217)
1317 Death of Fushimi, Emperor of Japan (b. 1265) on this day in history.
1604 On this day in history janus Dousa, [Johan van de Does], literature/politician, dies at 58
1606 On this day in history jan, the Aged, count of Nassau/fathered 24, dies
1613 On October - 08 sebastian de Covarrubias bon Horozco, lexicographer, dies at 74
1621 On this day in history death of antoine de Montchrétien, French dramatist
1647 On this day in history death of christian Sørensen Longomontanus, Danish astronomer (b. 1562)
1651 Isaac Elsevier, book publisher, dies at 55 on this day in history.
1652 Death of John Greaves, English mathematician (b. 1602) on this day in history.
1656 Johann Georg I, ruler of Saxon (1611-56, Peace of Prague), dies at 71 on this day in history.
1659 Death of Jean de Quen, French Jesuit missionary on this day in history.
1680 Elisabeth, abbess, dies at 61 on October - 08.
1683 Philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.
1686 On October - 08 adriaen Paets, Rotterdams regent/diplomat, dies at about 55
1722 Gerard Callenbach, Dutch admiral, dies at 80 on this day in history.
1728 Anne Danican Philidor, French composer, dies at 47 on this day in history.
1735 Death of Yongzheng Emperor of China (b. 1678) on October - 08.
1754 Henry Fielding, English lawyer/author (Tom Jones), dies at 47 on this day in history.
1771 On this day in history john E Loovens, lawyer, dies at 76
1772 On this day in history jean-Joseph Cassenea de Mondonville, composer, dies at 60
1793 On October - 08 john Hancock, US merchant/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 56
1795 On this day in history death of andrew Kippis, English non-conformist clergyman (b. 1725)
1803 Vittoria A Alfieri, Italian earl/writer (Filippo), dies at 54 on this day in history.
1809 Death of James Elphinston, Scottish philologist (b. 1721) on October - 08.
1834 On October - 08 francois-Adrien Boieldieu, composer, dies at 58
1842 Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.
1847 Death of Rose Scott, Social Reformer on October - 08.
1862 James Streshley Jackson, attorney/Union-brig-gen, dies in battle at 39 on October - 08.
1864 On this day in history thomas Jonathan Coffin Amory, US Union-brig-general, dies at about 34
1865 On October - 08 heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, composer, dies at 51
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