Famous Deaths Happened In January - 08

0482  Severinus, German monastery founder/saint, dies on January - 08.   

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

1100  Death of Antipope Clement III (bc. 1029) on this day in history.   

1107  On this day in history death of edgar of Scotland (b. 1074)   

1198  On January - 08 coelestinus III, [Giacinto Bobo], pope (1191-98), dies   

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  Laurentius Justitianus, [Lorenzo Giustiniani], saint, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1456  Death of St Lawrence Justinian, Italian bishop and first Patriarch of Venice (b. 1381) on January - 08.   

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  On January - 08 jacob Vaet, Flemish composer/royal chaplain master, dies at about 37   

1570  On this day in history death of philibert de l'Orme, French architect (bc. 1510)   

1598  Johan Georg, elector of Brandenburg (1571-91), dies at 72 on January - 08.   

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

1651  Giovanni Battista Gagliano, composer, dies at 56 on January - 08.   

1696  On January - 08 michael de Ronghe, composer, dies at 75   

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

1711  On this day in history philips van Almonde, Zealand lt admiral, dies at 66   

1713  On January - 08 arcangelo Corelli, composer/violinist (Concerti Grossi), dies at 59   

1775  John Baskerville, English printer/type designer, dies at 68 on January - 08.   

1789  Death of Jack Broughton, English boxer (bc. 1703) on this day in history.   

1790  On this day in history john Stinstra, Dutch baptist vicar, dies at 81   

1794  Death of Justus Möser, German statesman (b. 1720) on January - 08.   

1796  Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois, Fren Nat Convention chairman, dies at 46 on this day in history.   

1808  On January - 08 messenger, horse that sired many great trotters, dies   

1811  On this day in history friedrich Nicolai, writer, dies   

1815  On this day in history edward Pakenham, Engl general (Battle of New Orleans), dies in battle   

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

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

1831  Franz Vinzenz Krommer, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1842  Pierre, earl the Cambronne, Fren general (Waterloo, Elba), dies at 71 on January - 08.   

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 January - 08.   

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1081  Henry V, Roman German king/emperor (1098/1111-25) was born on this day in history.   

1556  Uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1623) was born on January - 08.   

1583  Simon Episcopius, Dutch bishop/theologist was born on this day in history.   

1587  On this day in history birth of johannes Fabricius, Denmark, astronomer (discovered sunspots)   

1589  On this day in history birth of ivan [Dzivo F] Gundulic, Dalmatisch writer (Dubravka)   

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

1628  On January - 08 birth of francois de Montmorency-Bouteville, duc de Luxemburg, French soldier   

1632  Samuel, Freiherr von Pufendorf, German jurist was born on this day in history.