Famous Deaths Happened In May - 08
Tuesday, 18 February 2025
0535 On May - 08 john, [Mercurius], Italian Pope (533-35), dies
0685 On this day in history benedict II, Italian Pope (683-85), dies
1192 Death of Duke Ottokar IV of Styria (b. 1163) on May - 08.
1278 Death of Emperor Duanzong of China (b. 1268) on May - 08.
1319 On May - 08 haakon V, King of Norway (1299-1319), dies
1473 Death of John Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, English politician (b. 1420) on May - 08.
1538 Death of Edward Fox, English bishop on May - 08.
1577 On this day in history viglius ab Aytta Zuichemus, lawyer/President (Raad van State), dies
1672 Death of Jean-Armand du Peyrer, Comte de Tréville and French Officer (b. 1598) on this day in history.
1684 On this day in history henri Dumont, composer, dies
1725 John Lovewell, US indian fighter, dies in battle on this day in history.
1766 Death of Samuel Chandler, English non-conformist minister (b. 1693) on May - 08.
1773 Ali Bey, Egyptian Mameluk head, dies on May - 08.
1781 Death of Richard Jago, English poet (b. 1715) on this day in history.
1785 On May - 08 pietro Longhi, painter, dies
1788 On May - 08 death of giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Italian-born physician and naturalist (b. 1723)
1794 On May - 08 death of antoine-Laurent Lavoisier, chemist (identified oxygen), guillotined
1809 On May - 08 augustin Pajou, French sculptor (Bachante), dies at 78
1818 Franz Ignaz Kaa, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.
1819 Death of Kamehameha I, King of Hawaii on May - 08.
1829 Mauro Giuseppe Sergio Pantaleo Giuliani, composer, dies at 47 on May - 08.
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 May - 08.
1844 Charles XIV Johan, [Jean B Bernadotte], King of Sweden/Norway, dies on May - 08.
1846 On May - 08 giacomo Cordella, composer, dies at 59
1853 Joannes P Roothaan, 1st Dutch lt col-gen of Jesuits, dies at 67 on May - 08.
1864 James Samuel Wadsworth, gen-mjr (Union), dies in battle at 56 on May - 08.
1873 On this day in history john Stuart Mill, great Empiricist philosopher, dies at 66
1876 On this day in history truganini, last originating Tasmanian, dies
1880 Death of Gustave Flaubert, French novelist (b. 1821) on May - 08.
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 On this day in history helena Petrovina Blavatsky, Russian theosophist, dies
1894 On May - 08 klara Fey, German orch leaser (Die Kleinen Betrachtungen), dies at 79
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