Famous Deaths In January - 08

0482  Severinus, German monastery founder/saint, dies on this day in history.   

0624  On this day in history abu Sufjan ibn Harb, Kurashite chief, dies in battle   

1100  On January - 08 death of antipope Clement III (bc. 1029)   

1107  On this day in history death of edgar of Scotland (b. 1074)   

1198  On January - 08 coelestinus III, [Giacinto Bobo], pope (1191-98), dies   

1324  On January - 08 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  Death of Thomas Ebendorfer, Austrian historian (b. 1385) on this day in history.   

1557  On January - 08 death of albert the Warlike, Prince of Bayreuth (b. 1522)   

1567  On this day in history jacob Vaet, Flemish composer/royal chaplain master, dies at about 37   

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  On this day in history michael de Ronghe, composer, dies at 75   

1707  Death of John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair, Scottish politician (b. 1648) on January - 08.   

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

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

1775  John Baskerville, English printer/type designer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1811  On January - 08 friedrich Nicolai, writer, dies   

1815  Edward Pakenham, Engl general (Battle of New Orleans), dies in battle on January - 08.   

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

1825  Death of Eli Whitney, American inventor (b. 1765) on this day in history.   

1831  Franz Vinzenz Krommer, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1842  On this day in history pierre, earl the Cambronne, Fren general (Waterloo, Elba), dies at 71   

1854  On this day in history death of william Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, British general and politician (b. 1768)   

1858  On January - 08 friedrich Karl Kuhmstedt, composer, dies at 48   

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

1556  On January - 08 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 January - 08.   

1601  On this day in history birth of baltasar Gracián y Morales, Spanish writer (d. 1658)   

1628  Francois de Montmorency-Bouteville, duc de Luxemburg, French soldier was born on January - 08.   

1632  On this day in history birth of samuel, Freiherr von Pufendorf, German jurist