Famous Deaths In October - 08
Friday, 25 October 2024
0705 On October - 08 abd al-Malik, kalief of Damascus, dies
0976 On October - 08 death of jelena of Zadar, Croatian queen
1094 On October - 08 death of st Mark, the Evangelist, buried in San Marcos minstery in Venice
1253 Robert Grosseteste, English Bishop/expert (optica), dies on October - 08.
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 October - 08.
1604 On October - 08 janus Dousa, [Johan van de Does], literature/politician, dies at 58
1606 On October - 08 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 October - 08 death of christian Sørensen Longomontanus, Danish astronomer (b. 1562)
1651 On October - 08 isaac Elsevier, book publisher, dies at 55
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 October - 08.
1659 Death of Jean de Quen, French Jesuit missionary on this day in history.
1680 On October - 08 elisabeth, abbess, dies at 61
1683 Philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer, dies at 76 on October - 08.
1686 On October - 08 adriaen Paets, Rotterdams regent/diplomat, dies at about 55
1722 On this day in history gerard Callenbach, Dutch admiral, dies at 80
1728 On this day in history anne Danican Philidor, French composer, dies at 47
1735 On this day in history death of yongzheng Emperor of China (b. 1678)
1754 On October - 08 henry Fielding, English lawyer/author (Tom Jones), dies at 47
1771 On October - 08 john E Loovens, lawyer, dies at 76
1772 Jean-Joseph Cassenea de Mondonville, composer, dies at 60 on October - 08.
1793 On October - 08 john Hancock, US merchant/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 56
1795 Death of Andrew Kippis, English non-conformist clergyman (b. 1725) on October - 08.
1803 On this day in history vittoria A Alfieri, Italian earl/writer (Filippo), dies at 54
1809 On October - 08 death of james Elphinston, Scottish philologist (b. 1721)
1834 On this day in history francois-Adrien Boieldieu, composer, dies at 58
1842 On this day in history christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer, dies at 68
1847 On October - 08 death of rose Scott, Social Reformer
1862 James Streshley Jackson, attorney/Union-brig-gen, dies in battle at 39 on October - 08.
1864 On October - 08 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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