Famous Deaths In January - 08

0482  On January - 08 severinus, German monastery founder/saint, dies   

0624  Abu Sufjan ibn Harb, Kurashite chief, dies in battle on January - 08.   

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

1107  On January - 08 death of edgar of Scotland (b. 1074)   

1198  On this day in history coelestinus III, [Giacinto Bobo], pope (1191-98), dies   

1324  On this day in history marco Polo, Venetian explorer/gov of Nanking, dies   

1336  On January - 08 giotto di Bondone, Italian Renaissance painter, dies at about 71   

1455  Laurentius Justitianus, [Lorenzo Giustiniani], saint, dies at 73 on January - 08.   

1456  On January - 08 death of st Lawrence Justinian, Italian bishop and first Patriarch of Venice (b. 1381)   

1464  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1570  On January - 08 death of philibert de l'Orme, French architect (bc. 1510)   

1598  On this day in history johan Georg, elector of Brandenburg (1571-91), dies at 72   

1642  On this day in history galileo Galilei, Italian physicist/astronomer, dies at 77 in Italy   

1651  On January - 08 giovanni Battista Gagliano, composer, dies at 56   

1696  Michael de Ronghe, composer, dies at 75 on January - 08.   

1707  On January - 08 death of john Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair, Scottish politician (b. 1648)   

1711  Philips van Almonde, Zealand lt admiral, dies at 66 on January - 08.   

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  Death of Jack Broughton, English boxer (bc. 1703) on this day in history.   

1790  On January - 08 john Stinstra, Dutch baptist vicar, dies at 81   

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

1796  Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois, Fren Nat Convention chairman, dies at 46 on January - 08.   

1808  On January - 08 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 January - 08.   

1819  On this day in history christian Gottlob Saupe, composer, dies at 55   

1825  On this day in history death of eli Whitney, American inventor (b. 1765)   

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

1842  Pierre, earl the Cambronne, Fren general (Waterloo, Elba), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1854  On January - 08 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 January - 08 birth of simon Episcopius, Dutch bishop/theologist   

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

1589  On January - 08 birth of ivan [Dzivo F] Gundulic, Dalmatisch writer (Dubravka)   

1601  On January - 08 birth of baltasar Gracián y Morales, Spanish writer (d. 1658)   

1628  Francois de Montmorency-Bouteville, duc de Luxemburg, French soldier was born on January - 08.   

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