Famous Deaths Happened 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 May - 08.   

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

1319  On this day in history haakon V, King of Norway (1299-1319), dies   

1473  On this day in history death of john Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, English politician (b. 1420)   

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

1577  On this day in history viglius ab Aytta Zuichemus, lawyer/President (Raad van State), dies   

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 this day in history.   

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

1785  On this day in history pietro Longhi, painter, dies   

1788  Death of Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Italian-born physician and naturalist (b. 1723) on this day in history.   

1794  Death of Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier, chemist (identified oxygen), guillotined on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1846  On this day in history giacomo Cordella, composer, dies at 59   

1853  Joannes P Roothaan, 1st Dutch lt col-gen of Jesuits, dies at 67 on May - 08.   

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  On this day in history truganini, last originating Tasmanian, dies   

1880  Death of Gustave Flaubert, French novelist (b. 1821) on this day in history.   

1885  On this day in history pavel Krizkovsky, composer, dies at 65   

1887  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of joanna I of Auvergne, queen of France (d. 1360)   

1460  On May - 08 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 this day in history birth of johann Walter, composer   

1587  On this day in history 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 May - 08.