Famous Deaths In January - 08

0482  Severinus, German monastery founder/saint, dies on January - 08.   

0624  Abu Sufjan ibn Harb, Kurashite chief, dies in battle on this day in history.   

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

1107  On this day in history death of edgar of Scotland (b. 1074)   

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

1324  On January - 08 marco Polo, Venetian explorer/gov of Nanking, dies   

1336  Giotto di Bondone, Italian Renaissance painter, dies at about 71 on January - 08.   

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  Death of Albert the Warlike, Prince of Bayreuth (b. 1522) on January - 08.   

1567  On this day in history jacob Vaet, Flemish composer/royal chaplain master, dies at about 37   

1570  Death of Philibert de l'Orme, French architect (bc. 1510) on January - 08.   

1598  On this day in history johan Georg, elector of Brandenburg (1571-91), dies at 72   

1642  Galileo Galilei, Italian physicist/astronomer, dies at 77 in Italy on January - 08.   

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

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

1707  On January - 08 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 this day in history.   

1789  Death of Jack Broughton, English boxer (bc. 1703) on this day in history.   

1790  John Stinstra, Dutch baptist vicar, dies at 81 on January - 08.   

1794  On this day in history death of justus Möser, German statesman (b. 1720)   

1796  On this day in history jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois, Fren Nat Convention chairman, dies at 46   

1808  Messenger, horse that sired many great trotters, dies on January - 08.   

1811  Friedrich Nicolai, writer, dies on January - 08.   

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  On this day in history death of eli Whitney, American inventor (b. 1765)   

1831  Franz Vinzenz Krommer, composer, dies at 71 on January - 08.   

1842  On this day in history pierre, earl the Cambronne, Fren general (Waterloo, Elba), dies at 71   

1854  Death of William Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, British general and politician (b. 1768) on January - 08.   

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

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1081  On January - 08 birth of henry V, Roman German king/emperor (1098/1111-25)   

1556  Uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1623) was born on January - 08.   

1583  On this day in history birth of simon Episcopius, Dutch bishop/theologist   

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

1589  On January - 08 birth of ivan [Dzivo F] Gundulic, Dalmatisch writer (Dubravka)   

1601  On this day in history birth of baltasar Gracián y Morales, Spanish writer (d. 1658)   

1628  Francois de Montmorency-Bouteville, duc de Luxemburg, French soldier was born on this day in history.   

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