Famous Deaths In May - 08

0535  On May - 08 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 this day in history.   

1278  On May - 08 death of emperor Duanzong of China (b. 1268)   

1319  Haakon V, King of Norway (1299-1319), dies on this day in history.   

1473  On May - 08 death of john Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, English politician (b. 1420)   

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 this day in history death of jean-Armand du Peyrer, Comte de Tréville and French Officer (b. 1598)   

1684  On May - 08 henri Dumont, composer, dies   

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 May - 08.   

1781  On this day in history death of richard Jago, English poet (b. 1715)   

1785  Pietro Longhi, painter, dies on this day in history.   

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 May - 08 augustin Pajou, French sculptor (Bachante), dies at 78   

1818  On May - 08 franz Ignaz Kaa, composer, dies at 78   

1819  On May - 08 death of kamehameha I, King of Hawaii   

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

1837  On May - 08 death of alexander Balashov, Russian general and statesman (b. 1770)   

1842  Death of Jules Dumont d'Urville, French explorer (b. 1790) on this day in history.   

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  On May - 08 joannes P Roothaan, 1st Dutch lt col-gen of Jesuits, dies at 67   

1864  James Samuel Wadsworth, gen-mjr (Union), dies in battle at 56 on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1887  Death of Alexander Ulyanov, brother of Lenin/hanged for assassination of tsar on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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1326  On May - 08 birth of joanna I of Auvergne, queen of France (d. 1360)   

1460  Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (d. 1536) was born on this day in history.   

1492  Andreas Alciatus, [Giovanni Andrea-Alciato], Italian lawyer was born on this day in history.   

1521  Peter Canisius, [Pieter de Hondt/Kanijs], jesuit/saint was born on May - 08.   

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

1587  On this day in history birth of victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy (d. 1637)   

1592  Francis Quarles, English poet (Argalus & Parthenia, Emblems) was born on this day in history.   

1622  On May - 08 birth of claes RÃ¥lamb, Swedish statesman (d. 1698)