Famous Deaths In January - 08

0482  On January - 08 severinus, German monastery founder/saint, dies   

0624  On January - 08 abu Sufjan ibn Harb, Kurashite chief, dies in battle   

1100  Death of Antipope Clement III (bc. 1029) on this day in history.   

1107  Death of Edgar of Scotland (b. 1074) on January - 08.   

1198  Coelestinus III, [Giacinto Bobo], pope (1191-98), dies on this day in history.   

1324  Marco Polo, Venetian explorer/gov of Nanking, dies on January - 08.   

1336  On this day in history giotto di Bondone, Italian Renaissance painter, dies at about 71   

1455  On January - 08 laurentius Justitianus, [Lorenzo Giustiniani], saint, dies at 73   

1456  Death of St Lawrence Justinian, Italian bishop and first Patriarch of Venice (b. 1381) on January - 08.   

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

1557  Death of Albert the Warlike, Prince of Bayreuth (b. 1522) on this day in history.   

1567  Jacob Vaet, Flemish composer/royal chaplain master, dies at about 37 on January - 08.   

1570  On this day in history death of philibert de l'Orme, French architect (bc. 1510)   

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  On this day in history giovanni Battista Gagliano, composer, dies at 56   

1696  Michael de Ronghe, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

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

1711  Philips van Almonde, Zealand lt admiral, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1713  Arcangelo Corelli, composer/violinist (Concerti Grossi), dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1775  On this day in history john Baskerville, English printer/type designer, dies at 68   

1789  Death of Jack Broughton, English boxer (bc. 1703) on this day in history.   

1790  On this day in history john Stinstra, Dutch baptist vicar, dies at 81   

1794  Death of Justus Möser, German statesman (b. 1720) on January - 08.   

1796  On January - 08 jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois, Fren Nat Convention chairman, dies at 46   

1808  On this day in history messenger, horse that sired many great trotters, dies   

1811  Friedrich Nicolai, writer, dies on this day in history.   

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

1819  On this day in history christian Gottlob Saupe, composer, dies at 55   

1825  On January - 08 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  On January - 08 friedrich Karl Kuhmstedt, composer, dies at 48   

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1081  On January - 08 birth of henry V, Roman German king/emperor (1098/1111-25)   

1556  Uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1623) was born on January - 08.   

1583  On January - 08 birth of simon Episcopius, Dutch bishop/theologist   

1587  On January - 08 birth of johannes Fabricius, Denmark, astronomer (discovered sunspots)   

1589  On this day in history birth of ivan [Dzivo F] Gundulic, Dalmatisch writer (Dubravka)   

1601  Baltasar Gracián y Morales, Spanish writer (d. 1658) was born on this day in history.   

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

1632  On January - 08 birth of samuel, Freiherr von Pufendorf, German jurist