Famous Deaths Happened In June - 08
Saturday, 15 March 2025
0218 On June - 08 opellius Macrinus, emperor of Rome (217-8), dies in battle at 54
0632 On June - 08 mohammed, prophet of Islam (Koran), dies (according to tradition)
1042 On this day in history death of hardicanute, King of England (1040-42), Lambeth
1115 Peter van Amiens, French minister of crusades, dies at about 64 on this day in history.
1376 "Black Prince" of Wales, son of King Edward of England, dies at 46 on June - 08.
1383 Death of Thomas de Ros, 5th Baron de Ros, English Crusader (b. 1338) on this day in history.
1384 Death of Kanami, Japanese actor (b. 1333) on this day in history.
1476 On this day in history death of george Neville, English archbishop and statesman
1505 On this day in history death of hongzhi, Emperor of China (b. 1470)
1611 On this day in history death of jean Bertaut, French poet (b. 1552)
1612 On this day in history hans Leo Hassler, composer, dies at 49
1621 On this day in history death of anne de Xainctonge, French saint (b. 1567)
1628 Death of Rudolph Goclenius, German philosopher (b. 1547) on June - 08.
1661 On this day in history john Elsevier, book publisher/publisher, dies at 39
1688 On this day in history death of hans Bontemantel, Amsterdams merchant, buried
1695 Christian Huygens, inventor/astronomer (ring of Saturn), dies at 66 on this day in history.
1711 Katharina Lescaille, [Netherlands Sappho], poetess, dies at 61 on this day in history.
1716 Death of Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine (b. 1658) on this day in history.
1727 Death of August Hermann Francke, German Protestant minister (b. 1663) on June - 08.
1742 Omobono Stradivari, Italian violin maker/son of Antonius, dies at 62 on this day in history.
1768 Johann J Winckelmann, German archaeologist, dies at 50 on this day in history.
1771 On this day in history death of george Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, English statesman (b. 1716)
1790 On this day in history charles-Joseph van Helmont, composer, dies at 75
1794 On June - 08 g A Borger, writer, dies
1795 Louis XVII Charles, king of France (1793-95), dies at 10 on this day in history.
1796 Felice de Giardini, composer, dies at 80 on June - 08.
1803 On this day in history joannes Natalis Paquot, Belgian priest/historian, dies at 80
1806 George Wythe, US attorney (signed Decl of Indep), dies at about 79 on June - 08.
1809 On this day in history thomas Paine, writer (Age of Reason, Common Sense), dies at 72
1814 On June - 08 friedrich Heinrich Himmel, composer, dies at 48
1831 On this day in history sarah Kemble Siddons, English actress (Lady Macbeth), dies at 75
1835 Death of Gian Domenico Romagnosi, Italian physicist (b. 1761) on this day in history.
1845 Andrew Jackson, (D) 7th pres (1828-37), dies at 78 on June - 08.
1857 Death of Douglas William Jerrold, British playwright and satirist (b. 1803) on this day in history.
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