Deaths on January 8

Miska Magyarics

Died on January 8, 1883

Miska Magyarics, Slovene-Hungarian poet (b. 1825)

Miska Magyarics, official name Mihály Magyarics, (Slovene: Miška Madjarič, Mihál Madjarič) (31 January 1825 – 8 January 1883) was a Hungarian Slovene poet.

Magyarics was born in Mali Dolenci in the Kingdom of Hungary (now Dolenci, Slovenia). His parents were Jakab Magyarics, a Roman Catholic peasant, and Anna Messics. In the second half of the 19th century by right of the tradition of his village, Magyarics wrote a Catholic hymnal in Prekmurje Slovene (279 pages and 115 hymns).

He died in Mali Dolenci and was buried at Dolenci Cemetery near St. Nicholas's Church on 10 January 1883.

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Deaths on January 8

Miska Magyarics

Died on January 8, 1883

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Events on 1883

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Treaty of Ancón

Black Bart (outlaw)