Famous Deaths 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 this day in history.   

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

1278  Death of Emperor Duanzong of China (b. 1268) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history death of edward Fox, English bishop   

1577  Viglius ab Aytta Zuichemus, lawyer/President (Raad van State), dies on May - 08.   

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

1684  Henri Dumont, composer, dies on May - 08.   

1725  On this day in history john Lovewell, US indian fighter, dies in battle   

1766  Death of Samuel Chandler, English non-conformist minister (b. 1693) on this day in history.   

1773  Ali Bey, Egyptian Mameluk head, dies on this day in history.   

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

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

1788  On May - 08 death of giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Italian-born physician and naturalist (b. 1723)   

1794  On May - 08 death of antoine-Laurent Lavoisier, chemist (identified oxygen), guillotined   

1809  On May - 08 augustin Pajou, French sculptor (Bachante), dies at 78   

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 this day in history.   

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

1842  Death of Jules Dumont d'Urville, French explorer (b. 1790) on May - 08.   

1844  Charles XIV Johan, [Jean B Bernadotte], King of Sweden/Norway, dies on May - 08.   

1846  On May - 08 giacomo Cordella, composer, dies at 59   

1853  On May - 08 joannes P Roothaan, 1st Dutch lt col-gen of Jesuits, dies at 67   

1864  James Samuel Wadsworth, gen-mjr (Union), dies in battle at 56 on May - 08.   

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

1876  Truganini, last originating Tasmanian, dies on May - 08.   

1880  On May - 08 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 May - 08.   

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 May - 08.   

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

1492  On May - 08 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 May - 08 birth of johann Walter, composer   

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

1592  On May - 08 birth of francis Quarles, English poet (Argalus & Parthenia, Emblems)   

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