Famous Deaths In July - 08

0810  Pepin, son of Charlemagne, King of Italy, dies (birth date unknown) on July - 08.   

0975  On this day in history edgar, King of England (959-75), dies   

1115  On this day in history petrus van Amiens, French Crusades predictor, dies   

1153  Eugene III, [Bernardo], Italian Pope (1145-53), dies on this day in history.   

1249  Alexander II, king of Scotland (1215-49), dies at 51 on July - 08.   

1253  Thibaud IV, poet/count of Champagne/King of Navarra, dies on July - 08.   

1496  On this day in history benedetto Bonfiglio, Italian painter, dies   

1531  Tilman Riemenschneider, German sculptor, dies at 71 on July - 08.   

1538  Diego de Almagro, Spanish conquistador (Chile/Peru), dies at about 63 on July - 08.   

1623  Gregory XV, [Alessandro Ludovisi], bishop of Bologna/Pope, dies at 69 on July - 08.   

1656  On this day in history alexander van der Capellen, mister of Aartsbergen, dies at about 64   

1679  On this day in history samuel J Columbus, Swedish poet (Odae Sveticae), dies   

1681  On July - 08 georg Neumark, composer, dies at 60   

1689  On this day in history death of edward Wooster, English Connecticut pioneer (b. 1622)   

1695  Christiaen Huygens, inventor/astronomer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1716  Death of Robert South, English churchman (b. 1634) on July - 08.   

1721  On this day in history death of elihu Yale, American benefactor of Yale University (b. 1649)   

1726  On July - 08 death of john Ker, Scottish spy (b. 1673)   

1784  Death of Torbern Bergman, Swedish chemist (b. 1735) on July - 08.   

1822  On this day in history death of percy Bysshe Shelley, English poet (Prometheus unbound), drowns at 29   

1826  Death of Luther Martin, American statesman (b. 1748) on July - 08.   

1850  Death of Prince Adolphus, 1st Duke of Cambridge (b. 1774) on July - 08.   

1855  On July - 08 death of sir William Edward Parry, English Arctic explorer (b. 1790)   

1859  F J Oscar I, King of Sweden/Norway (1844-59), dies at 60 on July - 08.   

1863  Francis P Kenrick, Irish/US archbishop of Baltimore, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1870  On this day in history john D Zocher Jr, architect (Soestdijk Palace), dies at 79   

1876  On July - 08 josef Dessauer, composer, dies at 78   

1885  Hendrick Waelput, composer, dies at 39 on this day in history.   

1894  Vladimir Nikitich Kashperov, composer, dies on this day in history.   

1895  On July - 08 death of johann Josef Loschmidt, Austrian scientist (b. 1821)   

1898  On this day in history death of soapy Smith, American con artist (b. 1860)   

1905  Death of Walter Kittredge, American musician (b. 1834) on this day in history.   

1909  Gaston AA marquis de Gallifet, Fren min of War (1899-1900), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1913  On this day in history death of louis Hémon, French-born writer (b. 1880)   

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1528  Emanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy/governor of Netherland was born on July - 08.   

1545  Don Carlos, son of Spanish king Philip II was born on this day in history.   

1545  On this day in history birth of don Carlos of Spain (d. 1568)   

1574  On July - 08 birth of giovanni Battista Stefanini, composer   

1593  On July - 08 birth of artemisia Gentileschi, Italian painter (d. 1653)   

1604  On this day in history birth of heinrich Albert, Germany, composer (Arien oder Melodien)   

1621  On this day in history birth of jean de la Fontaine, French poet (Fables)   

1637  Johann Georg Ebeling, composer was born on July - 08.