Famous Deaths In May - 08

0535  John, [Mercurius], Italian Pope (533-35), dies on this day in history.   

0685  On May - 08 benedict II, Italian Pope (683-85), dies   

1192  On May - 08 death of duke Ottokar IV of Styria (b. 1163)   

1278  On this day in history death of emperor Duanzong of China (b. 1268)   

1319  On May - 08 haakon V, King of Norway (1299-1319), dies   

1473  Death of John Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, English politician (b. 1420) on May - 08.   

1538  Death of Edward Fox, English bishop on May - 08.   

1577  On May - 08 viglius ab Aytta Zuichemus, lawyer/President (Raad van State), dies   

1672  On May - 08 death of jean-Armand du Peyrer, Comte de Tréville and French Officer (b. 1598)   

1684  Henri Dumont, composer, dies on May - 08.   

1725  John Lovewell, US indian fighter, dies in battle on this day in history.   

1766  On May - 08 death of samuel Chandler, English non-conformist minister (b. 1693)   

1773  On May - 08 ali Bey, Egyptian Mameluk head, dies   

1781  Death of Richard Jago, English poet (b. 1715) on May - 08.   

1785  Pietro Longhi, painter, dies on May - 08.   

1788  On this day in history death of giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Italian-born physician and naturalist (b. 1723)   

1794  Death of Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier, chemist (identified oxygen), guillotined on this day in history.   

1809  On this day in history augustin Pajou, French sculptor (Bachante), dies at 78   

1818  Franz Ignaz Kaa, composer, dies at 78 on May - 08.   

1819  On this day in history death of kamehameha I, King of Hawaii   

1829  On this day in history mauro Giuseppe Sergio Pantaleo Giuliani, composer, dies at 47   

1837  Death of Alexander Balashov, Russian general and statesman (b. 1770) on this day in history.   

1842  On May - 08 death of jules Dumont d'Urville, French explorer (b. 1790)   

1844  Charles XIV Johan, [Jean B Bernadotte], King of Sweden/Norway, dies on this day in history.   

1846  Giacomo Cordella, composer, dies at 59 on May - 08.   

1853  Joannes P Roothaan, 1st Dutch lt col-gen of Jesuits, dies at 67 on May - 08.   

1864  On May - 08 james Samuel Wadsworth, gen-mjr (Union), dies in battle at 56   

1873  John Stuart Mill, great Empiricist philosopher, dies at 66 on May - 08.   

1876  On May - 08 truganini, last originating Tasmanian, dies   

1880  On May - 08 death of gustave Flaubert, French novelist (b. 1821)   

1885  On this day in history pavel Krizkovsky, composer, dies at 65   

1887  On May - 08 death of alexander Ulyanov, brother of Lenin/hanged for assassination of tsar   

1891  On this day in history helena Petrovina Blavatsky, Russian theosophist, dies   

1894  Klara Fey, German orch leaser (Die Kleinen Betrachtungen), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

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1326  Joanna I of Auvergne, queen of France (d. 1360) was born on May - 08.   

1460  Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (d. 1536) was born on May - 08.   

1492  On May - 08 birth of andreas Alciatus, [Giovanni Andrea-Alciato], Italian lawyer   

1521  On May - 08 birth of peter Canisius, [Pieter de Hondt/Kanijs], jesuit/saint   

1527  Johann Walter, composer was born on this day in history.   

1587  Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy (d. 1637) was born on May - 08.   

1592  On May - 08 birth of francis Quarles, English poet (Argalus & Parthenia, Emblems)   

1622  Claes RÃ¥lamb, Swedish statesman (d. 1698) was born on this day in history.