Famous Deaths Happened In May - 08

0535  John, [Mercurius], Italian Pope (533-35), dies on this day in history.   

0685  On this day in history benedict II, Italian Pope (683-85), dies   

1192  On this day in history death of duke Ottokar IV of Styria (b. 1163)   

1278  On this day in history death of emperor Duanzong of China (b. 1268)   

1319  Haakon V, King of Norway (1299-1319), dies on this day in history.   

1473  Death of John Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, English politician (b. 1420) on this day in history.   

1538  Death of Edward Fox, English bishop on May - 08.   

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

1672  Death of Jean-Armand du Peyrer, Comte de Tréville and French Officer (b. 1598) on May - 08.   

1684  On this day in history henri Dumont, composer, dies   

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  Death of Richard Jago, English poet (b. 1715) on May - 08.   

1785  On May - 08 pietro Longhi, painter, dies   

1788  On this day in history 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  On May - 08 franz Ignaz Kaa, composer, dies at 78   

1819  Death of Kamehameha I, King of Hawaii on May - 08.   

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 May - 08.   

1842  On this day in history death of jules Dumont d'Urville, French explorer (b. 1790)   

1844  On May - 08 charles XIV Johan, [Jean B Bernadotte], King of Sweden/Norway, dies   

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

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

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

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

1885  Pavel Krizkovsky, composer, dies at 65 on May - 08.   

1887  On May - 08 death of alexander Ulyanov, brother of Lenin/hanged for assassination of tsar   

1891  Helena Petrovina Blavatsky, Russian theosophist, dies on May - 08.   

1894  On this day in history klara Fey, German orch leaser (Die Kleinen Betrachtungen), dies at 79   

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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 May - 08.   

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

1527  On this day in history birth of johann Walter, composer   

1587  Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy (d. 1637) was born on May - 08.   

1592  Francis Quarles, English poet (Argalus & Parthenia, Emblems) was born on this day in history.   

1622  On this day in history birth of claes RÃ¥lamb, Swedish statesman (d. 1698)