Famous Deaths In January - 08

1859  Antoine GB Schayes, Belgian historian/archaeologist, dies at 50 on this day in history.   

1864  On this day in history victor-Charles-Paul Dourlen, composer, dies at 83   

1865  Death of Aimé, duc de Clermont-Tonnerre, French general (b. 1779) on January - 08.   

1874  Death of Charles Etienne Brasseur de Bourbourg, French writer and historian (b. 1814) on this day in history.   

1880  [Joshua] Norton I, Emperor of US/Protector of Mexico, dies at 60 on January - 08.   

1891  Fredrik Pacius, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1892  John Heykamp, old-catholic archbishop of Utrecht, dies at 67 on January - 08.   

1894  On January - 08 pierre-Joseph van Beneden, paleont (life of tapeworms), dies at 84   

1896  On January - 08 death of william Rainey Marshall, Governor of Minnesota (b. 1825)   

1900  Billy Bates, cricketer (656 runs & 50 wkts in 15 Tests for Eng), dies on January - 08.   

1901  Death of John Barry, Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1873) on this day in history.   

1907  Theodoor Verstraete, Flemish painter/etcher, dies at 57 on January - 08.   

1916  Death of Ada Rehan, Irish-born American actress (b. 1860) on January - 08.   

1918  On this day in history michael Hertz, composer, dies at 73   

1919  On January - 08 peter Altenberg, writer, dies at 59   

1921  On January - 08 luis Villalba Munoz, composer, dies at 48   

1922  On this day in history charles R Young, colonel, dies at 58, in Lagos Nigeria   

1926  On January - 08 emile Paladilhe, composer, dies at 81   

1928  Dumitru Kiriac-Georgescu, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1932  Death of Eurosia Fabris, Italian Catholic (b. 1866) on January - 08.   

1934  On this day in history alexandre Stavisky, French swindler, dies   

1937  On January - 08 john Felix August Korling, composer, dies at 72   

1938  Death of Johnny Gruelle, Creator of Raggedy Ann and Andy (b. 1880) on this day in history.   

1941  On this day in history robert Baden-Powell, founder (Boy Scout movement), dies at 83   

1942  On January - 08 arvo Hannikainen, composer, dies at 44   

1943  Death of Richard Hillary, Australian Spitfire pilot and author (b. 1919) on this day in history.   

1944  Death of William Kissam Vanderbilt II, member of the Vanderbilt family (b. 1878) on January - 08.   

1945  Jac[obus] P Thijsse, Dutch biologist (Omgang met planten), dies at 79 on January - 08.   

1948  On January - 08 kurt Schwitters, writer, dies at 60   

1950  George Rowe, cricketer (15 wckts in 4 Tests for S Af 1895-1902), dies on January - 08.   

1952  On this day in history antonia Maury, discoverer (supergiant, giant & dwarf stars), dies   

1953  On this day in history heinrich Kaspar Schmid, composer, dies at 78   

1956  On January - 08 death of jim Elliot, American Christian missionary (b. 1928)   

1958  On January - 08 death of paul Pilgrim, American athlete (b. 1883)   

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Next Page »

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

1081  Henry V, Roman German king/emperor (1098/1111-25) was born on January - 08.   

1556  Uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1623) was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of samuel, Freiherr von Pufendorf, German jurist