Famous Deaths In September - 08

0394  Death of Arbogast, French general, commits suicide on this day in history.   

0701  Sergius I, Syrian/Italian Pope (687-701), dies on September - 08.   

0780  Leo IV de Chazaar, Byzantine Emperor (775-80), dies on September - 08.   

0876  Lodewijk de Duitser, king of East French Republic (833-76), dies at 72 on September - 08.   

1100  Clement III, [Wibert van Ravenna], 1st anti-pope (1084-1100), dies on September - 08.   

1397  On September - 08 death of thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester.   

1425  On this day in history death of king Charles III of Navarre (b. 1361)   

1539  On September - 08 death of john Stokesley, English churchman   

1550  On this day in history hans [Johann] Vischer, German count of Johann Cicero, dies   

1555  On this day in history thomas Villanova, Spanish saint/archbishop of Valencia, dies   

1560  Amy Robsart, wife of English premier Robert Dudley, dies by accident on this day in history.   

1603  Death of George Carey, 2nd Baron Hunsdon, English politician (b. 1547) on this day in history.   

1613  Don Carlo Gesauldo, composer, dies on September - 08.   

1633  On this day in history carlo Caraffa, Ital jesuit/religious order founder, dies at about 72   

1637  On September - 08 robert Fludd, composer, dies at 63   

1644  On September - 08 francis Quarles, English poet (Enchiridion), dies   

1645  On September - 08 francisco Gomez Quevedo y Villegas, Spanish author/poet, dies at 64   

1654  On this day in history peter Claver, Spanish saint (baptized 300,000 slaves), dies   

1656  Death of Joseph Hall, English bishop and writer (b. 1574) on September - 08.   

1660  Daniel von Czepko, German poet, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1675  On September - 08 amalia, countess of Solms-Braunfels, dies at 73   

1682  On September - 08 death of juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (b. 1606)   

1706  Romanus Weichlein, composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1721  Death of Michael Brokoff, Czech sculptor (b. 1686) on this day in history.   

1739  Death of Yuri Troubetzkoy, Governor of Belgorod (b. 1668) on this day in history.   

1755  On this day in history death of ephraim Williams, American philanthropist (b. 1715)   

1761  On this day in history death of bernard Forest de Bélidor, French engineer (b. 1698)   

1780  Death of Enoch Poor, American Continental Army general (b. 1736) on this day in history.   

1784  Death of Ann Lee, American religious leader (b. 1736) on this day in history.   

1811  On this day in history peter S Pallas, German geologist/zoologist, dies at 69   

1819  Franz Stanislaus Spindler, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1831  On September - 08 death of john Aitken, Scottish-born music publisher (b. 1745)   

1838  Pietro Rovelli, composer, dies at 45 on September - 08.   

1840  On September - 08 john H van de Palm, theologist/literature/speaker, dies at 77   

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0801  Ansgar, German Catholic archbishop (d. 865) was born on this day in history.   

0828  Ali al-Hadi, Shia Imam (d. 868) was born on this day in history.   

1157  Richard I, [Richard the Lion Hearted], King of England (1189-99) was born on this day in history.   

1207  On this day in history birth of sancho II, king of Portugal   

1271  Charles Martel d'Anjou, son of Charles II of Naples (d. 1295) was born on September - 08.   

1380  Bernardinus of Siena, Italian saint was born on this day in history.   

1474  On September - 08 birth of ludovico Ariosto, Italy, poet (Orlando Furioso)   

1515  Alfonso Salmeron, Spanish Jesuit biblical scholar (d. 1585) was born on September - 08.