Famous Deaths Happened In May - 08

0535  On this day in history john, [Mercurius], Italian Pope (533-35), dies   

0685  Benedict II, Italian Pope (683-85), dies on May - 08.   

1192  Death of Duke Ottokar IV of Styria (b. 1163) on this day in history.   

1278  On May - 08 death of emperor Duanzong of China (b. 1268)   

1319  On this day in history 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 May - 08 viglius ab Aytta Zuichemus, lawyer/President (Raad van State), dies   

1672  On May - 08 death of jean-Armand du Peyrer, Comte de Tréville and French Officer (b. 1598)   

1684  Henri Dumont, composer, dies on this day in history.   

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  On May - 08 ali Bey, Egyptian Mameluk head, dies   

1781  Death of Richard Jago, English poet (b. 1715) on this day in history.   

1785  Pietro Longhi, painter, dies on this day in history.   

1788  Death of Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Italian-born physician and naturalist (b. 1723) on May - 08.   

1794  On this day in history death of antoine-Laurent Lavoisier, chemist (identified oxygen), guillotined   

1809  Augustin Pajou, French sculptor (Bachante), dies at 78 on May - 08.   

1818  Franz Ignaz Kaa, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1819  On May - 08 death of kamehameha I, King of Hawaii   

1829  Mauro Giuseppe Sergio Pantaleo Giuliani, composer, dies at 47 on May - 08.   

1837  Death of Alexander Balashov, Russian general and statesman (b. 1770) on this day in history.   

1842  On this day in history death of jules Dumont d'Urville, French explorer (b. 1790)   

1844  On May - 08 charles XIV Johan, [Jean B Bernadotte], King of Sweden/Norway, dies   

1846  On this day in history giacomo Cordella, composer, dies at 59   

1853  Joannes P Roothaan, 1st Dutch lt col-gen of Jesuits, dies at 67 on May - 08.   

1864  On May - 08 james Samuel Wadsworth, gen-mjr (Union), dies in battle at 56   

1873  On May - 08 john Stuart Mill, great Empiricist philosopher, dies at 66   

1876  On May - 08 truganini, last originating Tasmanian, dies   

1880  Death of Gustave Flaubert, French novelist (b. 1821) on this day in history.   

1885  Pavel Krizkovsky, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1887  On May - 08 death of alexander Ulyanov, brother of Lenin/hanged for assassination of tsar   

1891  Helena Petrovina Blavatsky, Russian theosophist, dies on May - 08.   

1894  Klara Fey, German orch leaser (Die Kleinen Betrachtungen), dies at 79 on May - 08.   

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1326  On this day in history birth of joanna I of Auvergne, queen of France (d. 1360)   

1460  On this day in history birth of frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (d. 1536)   

1492  On this day in history birth of andreas Alciatus, [Giovanni Andrea-Alciato], Italian lawyer   

1521  Peter Canisius, [Pieter de Hondt/Kanijs], jesuit/saint was born on May - 08.   

1527  On this day in history birth of johann Walter, composer   

1587  On May - 08 birth of victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy (d. 1637)   

1592  Francis Quarles, English poet (Argalus & Parthenia, Emblems) was born on this day in history.   

1622  Claes RÃ¥lamb, Swedish statesman (d. 1698) was born on this day in history.