12 notable people died on May 8, including Antoine Lavoisier, Louis II of Naples, Arbeo of Freising.
20th Century
2 deaths
Todor Pavlov
aestheticianjournalist
Regent of Bulgaria (1890–1977)
Paul Spaak
historianjurist
Belgian lawyer and playwright (1871-1936)
19th Century
2 deaths
Jean-Baptiste-Charles-Joseph Bélanger
engineermathematician
French applied mathematician
César Malan
composerpastor
Genevan theologian, protestant pastor, teacher, musician, poet and painter (1787-1864)
18th Century
4 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)
Francesco Maria Niccolò Gabburri
art collectorart historian
Florentine diplomat, painter, art historian and collector (1675-1742)
15th Century
1 death
Louis II of Naples
Duke of Anjoumonarch
King of Naples
13th Century
1 deathUP
Uzana of Pagan
monarch
King of Burma
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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