Famous Deaths In January - 08

0482  Severinus, German monastery founder/saint, dies on January - 08.   

0624  Abu Sufjan ibn Harb, Kurashite chief, dies in battle on this day in history.   

1100  Death of Antipope Clement III (bc. 1029) on January - 08.   

1107  Death of Edgar of Scotland (b. 1074) on this day in history.   

1198  Coelestinus III, [Giacinto Bobo], pope (1191-98), dies on January - 08.   

1324  On this day in history marco Polo, Venetian explorer/gov of Nanking, dies   

1336  Giotto di Bondone, Italian Renaissance painter, dies at about 71 on January - 08.   

1455  On this day in history laurentius Justitianus, [Lorenzo Giustiniani], saint, dies at 73   

1456  On this day in history death of st Lawrence Justinian, Italian bishop and first Patriarch of Venice (b. 1381)   

1464  On January - 08 death of thomas Ebendorfer, Austrian historian (b. 1385)   

1557  On this day in history death of albert the Warlike, Prince of Bayreuth (b. 1522)   

1567  On January - 08 jacob Vaet, Flemish composer/royal chaplain master, dies at about 37   

1570  Death of Philibert de l'Orme, French architect (bc. 1510) on this day in history.   

1598  Johan Georg, elector of Brandenburg (1571-91), dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1642  Galileo Galilei, Italian physicist/astronomer, dies at 77 in Italy on January - 08.   

1651  Giovanni Battista Gagliano, composer, dies at 56 on January - 08.   

1696  Michael de Ronghe, composer, dies at 75 on January - 08.   

1707  On January - 08 death of john Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair, Scottish politician (b. 1648)   

1711  On January - 08 philips van Almonde, Zealand lt admiral, dies at 66   

1713  On January - 08 arcangelo Corelli, composer/violinist (Concerti Grossi), dies at 59   

1775  John Baskerville, English printer/type designer, dies at 68 on January - 08.   

1789  On January - 08 death of jack Broughton, English boxer (bc. 1703)   

1790  On January - 08 john Stinstra, Dutch baptist vicar, dies at 81   

1794  On this day in history death of justus Möser, German statesman (b. 1720)   

1796  Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois, Fren Nat Convention chairman, dies at 46 on this day in history.   

1808  Messenger, horse that sired many great trotters, dies on January - 08.   

1811  Friedrich Nicolai, writer, dies on January - 08.   

1815  On January - 08 edward Pakenham, Engl general (Battle of New Orleans), dies in battle   

1819  On January - 08 christian Gottlob Saupe, composer, dies at 55   

1825  On this day in history death of eli Whitney, American inventor (b. 1765)   

1831  On January - 08 franz Vinzenz Krommer, composer, dies at 71   

1842  Pierre, earl the Cambronne, Fren general (Waterloo, Elba), dies at 71 on January - 08.   

1854  Death of William Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, British general and politician (b. 1768) on this day in history.   

1858  Friedrich Karl Kuhmstedt, composer, dies at 48 on this day in history.   

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1081  On this day in history birth of henry V, Roman German king/emperor (1098/1111-25)   

1556  On this day in history birth of uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1623)   

1583  On this day in history birth of simon Episcopius, Dutch bishop/theologist   

1587  Johannes Fabricius, Denmark, astronomer (discovered sunspots) was born on this day in history.   

1589  Ivan [Dzivo F] Gundulic, Dalmatisch writer (Dubravka) was born on this day in history.   

1601  Baltasar Gracián y Morales, Spanish writer (d. 1658) was born on January - 08.   

1628  Francois de Montmorency-Bouteville, duc de Luxemburg, French soldier was born on this day in history.   

1632  Samuel, Freiherr von Pufendorf, German jurist was born on this day in history.