Died on
Who died on September 8
106 figures who shaped history died on September 8.
- 106deaths
- 84events
Best known
Best known
Pope Sergius I
Head of the Catholic Church from 687 to 701
Leo IV the Khazar
Byzantine emperor from 775 to 780
Antipope Clement III
Catholic antipope from 1080 to 1100
Simon Fraser (died 1306)
Scottish knight
Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester
English prince and nobleman
Charles III of Navarre
King of Navarre from 1387 to 1425
Pope Sergius I — Head of the Catholic Church from 687 to 701, who died on September 8 701.
Leo IV the Khazar — Byzantine emperor from 775 to 780, who died on September 8 780.
Antipope Clement III — Catholic antipope from 1080 to 1100, who died on September 8 1100.
Simon Fraser (died 1306) — Scottish knight, who died on September 8 1306.
Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester — English prince and nobleman, who died on September 8 1397.
Charles III of Navarre — King of Navarre from 1387 to 1425, who died on September 8 1425.
All entries
- 394AArbogast (magister militum)Roman army officer (died 394)
- 869AAhmad ibn Isra'il al-Anbari
- 1478
Seraphina SforzaItalian beatified nun - 1539JJohn StokesleyEnglish prelate, Bishop of London
- 1555
Thomas of VillanovaPreacher, ascetic and religious writer - 1560
Amy RobsartWife of Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester - 1613
Carlo GesualdoItalian prince, composer and murderer
- 1637
Robert FluddEnglish mathematician and astrologer - 1644
John CokeEnglish civil servant - 1644
Francis QuarlesEnglish poet - 1645
Francisco de QuevedoSpanish nobleman, writer and politician - 1656
Joseph Hall (bishop)British bishop and writer - 1682
Juan Caramuel y LobkowitzSpanish philosopher, writer, mathematician and Catholic clergyman - 1721MMichael Brokoff
- 1755EEphraim WilliamsAmerican landowner and militia officer
- 1761
Bernard Forest de BélidorFrench engineer - 1780
Enoch PoorMilitary figure in the American Revolutionary War - 1784
Ann LeeFounder of the Shakers - 1811
Peter Simon PallasGerman zoologist, botanist, and natural historian - 1814
Maria Carolina of AustriaQueen of Naples and Sicily from 1768 to 1814 - 1831JJohn Aitken (music publisher)Scottish-American music publisher
- 1853
Frédéric OzanamFrench scholar - 1873
Johan Gabriel StåhlbergFinnish priest - 1882
Joseph LiouvilleFrench mathematician - 1894
Hermann von HelmholtzGerman physicist and physiologist - 1895
Adam OpelFounder of Opel and manufacturer of bicycles and sewing machines - 1909
Vere St. Leger GooldIrish tennis player - 1912
Eddie HashaAmerican motorcycle racer - 1916
Friedrich BaumfelderGerman composer, conductor, and pianist - 1923
Ugo SivocciItalian racing driver - 1933
Faisal IKing of Iraq from 1921 to 1933 - 1935
Carl WeissSuspected assassin of Huey Long - 1940
Hemmo KallioFinnish actor and playwright - 1942
Rıza NurTurkish surgeon, politician and writer - 1943
Julius Fučík (journalist)Czech journalist and resistance fighter - 1944
Jan van GilseDutch conductor and composer - 1949
Richard StraussGerman composer and conductor - 1954
André DerainFrench artist - 1963
Maurice WilksEnglish automotive and aeronautical engineer - 1965
Dorothy DandridgeAmerican actress and singer - 1965
Hermann StaudingerGerman chemist, winner of the 1953 Nobel Prize in Chemistry - 1966
John Taylor (racing driver)British racing driver - 1969
Bud CollyerAmerican actor
- 1969
Alexandra David-NéelFrench explorer, spiritualist and writer - 1970PPercy SpencerAmerican electrical engineer and inventor of the microwave oven
- 1974WWolfgang WindgassenGerman operatic tenor
- 1977
Zero MostelAmerican actor
- 1980
Willard LibbyAmerican physical chemist - 1981
Nisargadatta MaharajIndian guru - 1981
Roy WilkinsAmerican civil rights leader - 1981
Hideki YukawaJapanese physicist - 1983
Antonin MagneFrench cyclist
- 1984
Johnnie ParsonsAmerican racing driver - 1985
John Franklin EndersAmerican medical researcher - 1990DDenys Watkins-PitchfordBritish naturalist, illustrator and author
- 1991
Alex NorthAmerican composer - 1991
Brad Davis (actor)American actor - 1997
Derek TaylorEnglish journalist, writer, publicist and record producer - 1999
MoondogAmerican composer - 2001BBill RickerCanadian scientist
- 2002LLaurie Williams (cricketer)West Indian cricketer
- 2003
Leni RiefenstahlGerman filmmaker - 2004
Frank Thomas (animator)American animator and writer - 2005
Noel CantwellIrish footballer - 2006
Hilda BernsteinBritish-born author, artist and activist - 2006
Peter BrockAustralian racing driver - 2007
Vincent ServentyAustralian author, ornithologist and conservationist - 2009
Aage BohrDanish physicist - 2009
Mike BongiornoItalian American television host - 2012RRonald HamowyCanadian historian
- 2012
Thomas SzaszHungarian-American psychiatrist and activist - 2013DDon ReichertCanadian artist
- 2013
Jean Véronis - 2013
Radoslav RotkovićMontenegrin historian, philologist - 2014
Marvin BarnesAmerican basketball player - 2014
S. Truett CathyAmerican restaurateur, businessman, philanthropist - 2014
Sean O'HaireAmerican wrestler - 2014
Magda OliveroItalian operatic soprano - 2014
Gerald WilsonAmerican jazz trumpeter - 2015
Joaquín AndújarDominican baseball player - 2015
Joost ZwagermanDutch writer, poet, and essayist - 2016
Hannes ArchAustrian pilot - 2016
Dragiša PešićMontenegrin politician - 2016
Prince BusterJamaican musician - 2017
Pierre BergéFrench businessman - 2017
Jerry PournelleAmerican writer and scientist - 2017
Ljubiša SamardžićSerbian actor and director - 2017
Don WilliamsAmerican country music singer-songwriter - 2018
Gennadi GaguliaAbkhazian politician - 2019SS. RajasekarIndian film director, cinematographer, and actor
- 2021
Luis VillafuerteFilipino politician - 2022
Elizabeth IIQueen of the United Kingdom from 1952 to 2022 - 2022GGwyneth PowellBritish actress
- 2024
Mauricio Arriaza ChicasSalvadoran police officer - 2024
Ed KranepoolAmerican baseball player - 2024
Henny MoanNorwegian actress - 2024
Zoot MoneyEnglish musician - 2024
Peter RenadayAmerican actor - 2024
Emi ShinoharaJapanese voice actress - 2026
Tung Chee-hwaPolitician and businessman from Hong Kong
Frequently asked questions
Who died on September 8?
106 people with a Wikipedia article died on September 8, including Pope Sergius I, Leo IV the Khazar, Antipope Clement III. The list is in chronological order by year of death and spans all of documented history, from antiquity to the present day. For each person you find their occupation, the year and a link to the Wikipedia biography, where the full story and its sources can be read.
What happened on September 8?
84 documented historical events happened on September 8, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: Li Yuan defeated a Sui army at the Battle of Huoyi, opening the path to his capture of the Chinese imperial capital Chang'an and the eventual establishment of the Tang dynasty. On the same day, in another year: Theodoric was elected by opponents of Pope Paschal II, following the death of Antipope Clement III. On Almanaccolo every event is listed in chronological order, grouped by century, and links to the Wikipedia article it comes from, so you can always read further or check the source. Alongside the events you find who was born and who died on this date, and which observances are celebrated around the world.
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