Famous Deaths In May - 08
Saturday, 07 September 2024
0535 On this day in history john, [Mercurius], Italian Pope (533-35), dies
0685 Benedict II, Italian Pope (683-85), dies on May - 08.
1192 Death of Duke Ottokar IV of Styria (b. 1163) on May - 08.
1278 On May - 08 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 this day in history.
1538 On this day in history death of edward Fox, English bishop
1577 On May - 08 viglius ab Aytta Zuichemus, lawyer/President (Raad van State), dies
1672 Death of Jean-Armand du Peyrer, Comte de Tréville and French Officer (b. 1598) on May - 08.
1684 Henri Dumont, composer, dies on this day in history.
1725 John Lovewell, US indian fighter, dies in battle on this day in history.
1766 On this day in history death of samuel Chandler, English non-conformist minister (b. 1693)
1773 Ali Bey, Egyptian Mameluk head, dies on this day in history.
1781 On May - 08 death of richard Jago, English poet (b. 1715)
1785 On this day in history pietro Longhi, painter, dies
1788 On May - 08 death of giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Italian-born physician and naturalist (b. 1723)
1794 Death of Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier, chemist (identified oxygen), guillotined on May - 08.
1809 Augustin Pajou, French sculptor (Bachante), dies at 78 on May - 08.
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 Mauro Giuseppe Sergio Pantaleo Giuliani, composer, dies at 47 on this day in history.
1837 On May - 08 death of alexander Balashov, Russian general and statesman (b. 1770)
1842 On May - 08 death of jules Dumont d'Urville, French explorer (b. 1790)
1844 On this day in history charles XIV Johan, [Jean B Bernadotte], King of Sweden/Norway, dies
1846 On May - 08 giacomo Cordella, composer, dies at 59
1853 Joannes P Roothaan, 1st Dutch lt col-gen of Jesuits, dies at 67 on May - 08.
1864 James Samuel Wadsworth, gen-mjr (Union), dies in battle at 56 on this day in history.
1873 On May - 08 john Stuart Mill, great Empiricist philosopher, dies at 66
1876 On this day in history truganini, last originating Tasmanian, dies
1880 On this day in history death of gustave Flaubert, French novelist (b. 1821)
1885 Pavel Krizkovsky, composer, dies at 65 on May - 08.
1887 On May - 08 death of alexander Ulyanov, brother of Lenin/hanged for assassination of tsar
1891 Helena Petrovina Blavatsky, Russian theosophist, dies on this day in history.
1894 Klara Fey, German orch leaser (Die Kleinen Betrachtungen), dies at 79 on May - 08.
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