Famous Deaths In January - 08

0482  On this day in history severinus, German monastery founder/saint, dies   

0624  On January - 08 abu Sufjan ibn Harb, Kurashite chief, dies in battle   

1100  Death of Antipope Clement III (bc. 1029) on this day in history.   

1107  On January - 08 death of edgar of Scotland (b. 1074)   

1198  Coelestinus III, [Giacinto Bobo], pope (1191-98), dies on this day in history.   

1324  Marco Polo, Venetian explorer/gov of Nanking, dies on January - 08.   

1336  On this day in history giotto di Bondone, Italian Renaissance painter, dies at about 71   

1455  Laurentius Justitianus, [Lorenzo Giustiniani], saint, dies at 73 on January - 08.   

1456  Death of St Lawrence Justinian, Italian bishop and first Patriarch of Venice (b. 1381) on this day in history.   

1464  Death of Thomas Ebendorfer, Austrian historian (b. 1385) on January - 08.   

1557  On this day in history death of albert the Warlike, Prince of Bayreuth (b. 1522)   

1567  On January - 08 jacob Vaet, Flemish composer/royal chaplain master, dies at about 37   

1570  On January - 08 death of philibert de l'Orme, French architect (bc. 1510)   

1598  Johan Georg, elector of Brandenburg (1571-91), dies at 72 on January - 08.   

1642  On this day in history galileo Galilei, Italian physicist/astronomer, dies at 77 in Italy   

1651  On January - 08 giovanni Battista Gagliano, composer, dies at 56   

1696  Michael de Ronghe, composer, dies at 75 on January - 08.   

1707  On this day in history death of john Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair, Scottish politician (b. 1648)   

1711  Philips van Almonde, Zealand lt admiral, dies at 66 on January - 08.   

1713  On this day in history arcangelo Corelli, composer/violinist (Concerti Grossi), dies at 59   

1775  John Baskerville, English printer/type designer, dies at 68 on January - 08.   

1789  On this day in history death of jack Broughton, English boxer (bc. 1703)   

1790  John Stinstra, Dutch baptist vicar, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history messenger, horse that sired many great trotters, dies   

1811  Friedrich Nicolai, writer, dies on this day in history.   

1815  On this day in history edward Pakenham, Engl general (Battle of New Orleans), dies in battle   

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 January - 08 pierre, earl the Cambronne, Fren general (Waterloo, Elba), dies at 71   

1854  On January - 08 death of william Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, British general and politician (b. 1768)   

1858  Friedrich Karl Kuhmstedt, composer, dies at 48 on this day in history.   

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1081  Henry V, Roman German king/emperor (1098/1111-25) was born on this day in history.   

1556  On January - 08 birth of uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1623)   

1583  Simon Episcopius, Dutch bishop/theologist was born on January - 08.   

1587  On this day in history birth of johannes Fabricius, Denmark, astronomer (discovered sunspots)   

1589  Ivan [Dzivo F] Gundulic, Dalmatisch writer (Dubravka) was born on this day in history.   

1601  On January - 08 birth of baltasar Gracián y Morales, Spanish writer (d. 1658)   

1628  On this day in history birth of francois de Montmorency-Bouteville, duc de Luxemburg, French soldier   

1632  Samuel, Freiherr von Pufendorf, German jurist was born on January - 08.