Famous Deaths Happened In October - 08
Monday, 19 May 2025
0705 Abd al-Malik, kalief of Damascus, dies on October - 08.
0976 On October - 08 death of jelena of Zadar, Croatian queen
1094 Death of St Mark, the Evangelist, buried in San Marcos minstery in Venice on October - 08.
1253 Robert Grosseteste, English Bishop/expert (optica), dies on this day in history.
1286 Death of John I of Dreux, Duke of Brittany (b. 1217) on this day in history.
1317 On this day in history death of fushimi, Emperor of Japan (b. 1265)
1604 On October - 08 janus Dousa, [Johan van de Does], literature/politician, dies at 58
1606 Jan, the Aged, count of Nassau/fathered 24, dies on October - 08.
1613 Sebastian de Covarrubias bon Horozco, lexicographer, dies at 74 on this day in history.
1621 Death of Antoine de Montchrétien, French dramatist on this day in history.
1647 On October - 08 death of christian Sørensen Longomontanus, Danish astronomer (b. 1562)
1651 Isaac Elsevier, book publisher, dies at 55 on October - 08.
1652 Death of John Greaves, English mathematician (b. 1602) on October - 08.
1656 On October - 08 johann Georg I, ruler of Saxon (1611-56, Peace of Prague), dies at 71
1659 Death of Jean de Quen, French Jesuit missionary on October - 08.
1680 Elisabeth, abbess, dies at 61 on this day in history.
1683 Philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.
1686 On this day in history adriaen Paets, Rotterdams regent/diplomat, dies at about 55
1722 On this day in history gerard Callenbach, Dutch admiral, dies at 80
1728 On October - 08 anne Danican Philidor, French composer, dies at 47
1735 On October - 08 death of yongzheng Emperor of China (b. 1678)
1754 Henry Fielding, English lawyer/author (Tom Jones), dies at 47 on October - 08.
1771 John E Loovens, lawyer, dies at 76 on October - 08.
1772 On October - 08 jean-Joseph Cassenea de Mondonville, composer, dies at 60
1793 John Hancock, US merchant/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 56 on October - 08.
1795 On October - 08 death of andrew Kippis, English non-conformist clergyman (b. 1725)
1803 On October - 08 vittoria A Alfieri, Italian earl/writer (Filippo), dies at 54
1809 Death of James Elphinston, Scottish philologist (b. 1721) on October - 08.
1834 Francois-Adrien Boieldieu, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.
1842 Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer, dies at 68 on October - 08.
1847 Death of Rose Scott, Social Reformer on October - 08.
1862 James Streshley Jackson, attorney/Union-brig-gen, dies in battle at 39 on this day in history.
1864 Thomas Jonathan Coffin Amory, US Union-brig-general, dies at about 34 on this day in history.
1865 Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, composer, dies at 51 on October - 08.
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