Famous Deaths Happened In May - 08

0535  On May - 08 john, [Mercurius], Italian Pope (533-35), dies   

0685  On May - 08 benedict II, Italian Pope (683-85), dies   

1192  On May - 08 death of duke Ottokar IV of Styria (b. 1163)   

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

1319  On May - 08 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  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  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  Death of Richard Jago, English poet (b. 1715) on May - 08.   

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  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  On this day in history franz Ignaz Kaa, composer, dies at 78   

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 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 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  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 this day in history.   

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  Death of Alexander Ulyanov, brother of Lenin/hanged for assassination of tsar on this day in history.   

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

1592  On this day in history birth of francis Quarles, English poet (Argalus & Parthenia, Emblems)   

1622  On May - 08 birth of claes RÃ¥lamb, Swedish statesman (d. 1698)