7 notable people died on May 8, including Antoine Lavoisier, Louis II of Naples, Arbeo of Freising.
Total Deaths
7
Avg Age at Death
61
Peak Century
18th Century
19th Century
1 death
Jean-Baptiste-Charles-Joseph Bélanger
engineermathematician
French applied mathematician
18th Century
3 deaths
Antoine Lavoisier
academicadministrator
French nobleman and chemist (1743–1794)
Étienne François, duc de Choiseul
art collectordiplomat
French general, diplomat and statesman (1719–1785)
Lorenz Christoph Mizler
booksellercomposer
German music historian and polymath (1711-1778)
15th Century
1 death
Louis II of Naples
Duke of Anjoumonarch
King of Naples
12th Century
1 death
Diarmait Mac Murchada
monarch
King of Leinster in Ireland
8th Century
1 death
Arbeo of Freising
Catholic priestwriter
Medieval bishop and author
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