Famous Deaths In January - 08

0482  Severinus, German monastery founder/saint, dies on this day in history.   

0624  On January - 08 abu Sufjan ibn Harb, Kurashite chief, dies in battle   

1100  Death of Antipope Clement III (bc. 1029) on January - 08.   

1107  Death of Edgar of Scotland (b. 1074) on this day in history.   

1198  Coelestinus III, [Giacinto Bobo], pope (1191-98), dies on January - 08.   

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

1336  On this day in history giotto di Bondone, Italian Renaissance painter, dies at about 71   

1455  On this day in history laurentius Justitianus, [Lorenzo Giustiniani], saint, dies at 73   

1456  Death of St Lawrence Justinian, Italian bishop and first Patriarch of Venice (b. 1381) on this day in history.   

1464  On January - 08 death of thomas Ebendorfer, Austrian historian (b. 1385)   

1557  On this day in history death of albert the Warlike, Prince of Bayreuth (b. 1522)   

1567  Jacob Vaet, Flemish composer/royal chaplain master, dies at about 37 on January - 08.   

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 this day in history.   

1651  Giovanni Battista Gagliano, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1696  Michael de Ronghe, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1707  Death of John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair, Scottish politician (b. 1648) on January - 08.   

1711  On January - 08 philips van Almonde, Zealand lt admiral, dies at 66   

1713  Arcangelo Corelli, composer/violinist (Concerti Grossi), dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1775  John Baskerville, English printer/type designer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1789  On January - 08 death of jack Broughton, English boxer (bc. 1703)   

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

1794  Death of Justus Möser, German statesman (b. 1720) on this day in history.   

1796  On January - 08 jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois, Fren Nat Convention chairman, dies at 46   

1808  On this day in history messenger, horse that sired many great trotters, dies   

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

1815  Edward Pakenham, Engl general (Battle of New Orleans), dies in battle on this day in history.   

1819  On January - 08 christian Gottlob Saupe, composer, dies at 55   

1825  On January - 08 death of eli Whitney, American inventor (b. 1765)   

1831  On this day in history franz Vinzenz Krommer, composer, dies at 71   

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

1854  On this day in history death of william Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, British general and politician (b. 1768)   

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

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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 January - 08.   

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

1587  Johannes Fabricius, Denmark, astronomer (discovered sunspots) was born on January - 08.   

1589  Ivan [Dzivo F] Gundulic, Dalmatisch writer (Dubravka) was born on January - 08.   

1601  Baltasar Gracián y Morales, Spanish writer (d. 1658) was born on January - 08.   

1628  On this day in history birth of francois de Montmorency-Bouteville, duc de Luxemburg, French soldier   

1632  On this day in history birth of samuel, Freiherr von Pufendorf, German jurist