Famous Deaths In May - 08

0535  On May - 08 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  On May - 08 death of john Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, English politician (b. 1420)   

1538  On May - 08 death of edward Fox, English bishop   

1577  On May - 08 viglius ab Aytta Zuichemus, lawyer/President (Raad van State), dies   

1672  On this day in history 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 May - 08.   

1766  On May - 08 death of samuel Chandler, English non-conformist minister (b. 1693)   

1773  Ali Bey, Egyptian Mameluk head, dies on May - 08.   

1781  On this day in history death of richard Jago, English poet (b. 1715)   

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  Death of Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier, chemist (identified oxygen), guillotined on May - 08.   

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

1818  Franz Ignaz Kaa, composer, dies at 78 on May - 08.   

1819  Death of Kamehameha I, King of Hawaii on this day in history.   

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

1844  On this day in history charles XIV Johan, [Jean B Bernadotte], King of Sweden/Norway, dies   

1846  Giacomo Cordella, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

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  John Stuart Mill, great Empiricist philosopher, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1876  Truganini, last originating Tasmanian, dies on this day in history.   

1880  On this day in history death of gustave Flaubert, French novelist (b. 1821)   

1885  On May - 08 pavel Krizkovsky, composer, dies at 65   

1887  Death of Alexander Ulyanov, brother of Lenin/hanged for assassination of tsar on this day in history.   

1891  Helena Petrovina Blavatsky, Russian theosophist, dies on this day in history.   

1894  Klara Fey, German orch leaser (Die Kleinen Betrachtungen), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

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1326  Joanna I of Auvergne, queen of France (d. 1360) was born on this day in history.   

1460  Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (d. 1536) was born on this day in history.   

1492  Andreas Alciatus, [Giovanni Andrea-Alciato], Italian lawyer was born on this day in history.   

1521  On May - 08 birth of peter Canisius, [Pieter de Hondt/Kanijs], jesuit/saint   

1527  Johann Walter, composer was born on May - 08.   

1587  On this day in history birth of victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy (d. 1637)   

1592  On this day in history birth of francis Quarles, English poet (Argalus & Parthenia, Emblems)   

1622  On May - 08 birth of claes RÃ¥lamb, Swedish statesman (d. 1698)