Famous Birthdays In March - 08

1075  On this day in history birth of abu 'l-Kasim Mahmud ibn Omar al-Zamachshari, Arab theologist  

1286  On this day in history birth of john III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1341)  

1293  Beatrice of Castile, queen of Portugal (d. 1359) was born on March - 08.  

1495  Juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint/founder (Brothers of Mercy) was born on this day in history.  

1495  John of God, Portuguese-born friar and saint (d. 1550) was born on this day in history.  

1514  On March - 08 birth of amago Haruhisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1562)  

1560  Don Carlo Gesualdo, Italian composer (d. 1613) was born on March - 08.  

1607  On this day in history birth of johann Rist, composer  

1659  Isaac de Beausobre, French Protestant pastor (d. 1738) was born on March - 08.  

1700  On this day in history birth of anne Bonny Irish-American pirate (d. 1782)  

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1712  On March - 08 birth of john Fothergill, English physician (d. 1780)  

1714  On this day in history birth of carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, German composer, son of JS Bach  

1726  On March - 08 birth of richard Howe, British admiral (d. 1799)  

1743  Bendix Friedrich Zinck, composer was born on March - 08.  

1746  On March - 08 birth of andré Michaux, French botanist (d. 1802)  

1748  On this day in history birth of willem V Batavus, prince of Orange-Nassau  

1748  On this day in history birth of william V of Orange, Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic  

1778  Friedrich August Kanne, composer was born on March - 08.  

1783  On March - 08 birth of gottfied Wilhelm Fink, composer  

1783  On March - 08 birth of hannah Hoes Van Buren, NY, wife of pres Martin (1837-41) (died 1819)  

1787  Karl Ferdinand von Grafe, help create modern plastic surgery was born on March - 08.  

1799  Simon Cameron, Secy War (Union), died in 1889 was born on March - 08.  

1814  On this day in history birth of ede Szigligeti, Hungarian dramatist (d. 1878)  

1822  On this day in history birth of ignacy Lukasiewicz, Polish inventor (d. 1882)  

1825  On March - 08 birth of george William Martin, composer  

1827  Wilhelm Bleek, German linguist (d. 1875) was born on this day in history.  

1830  On March - 08 birth of joão de Deus, Portuguese poet (d. 1896)  

1836  Matthew Calbraith Butler, Major General (Confederate Army) was born on March - 08.  

1839  On March - 08 birth of james Mason Crafts, US chemist (Friedel-Crafts-synthesis)  

1840  On this day in history birth of franco Faccio, Italian composer/conductor  

1841  On this day in history birth of oliver Wendell Holmes, Mass, 59th Supreme Court justice (1902-32)  

1843  On this day in history birth of per Jonas Fredrik Vilhelm Svedbom, composer  

1847  Karl von Bach, German engineer (Maschinenelemente) was born on this day in history.  

1853  On this day in history birth of edward Hubertus Joannes Keurvels, Flemish composer (Parisina)  

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0883  Albumasar, [Ahmad Aboe M Gafar al-Balkhi], Arabic astronomer, dies on this day in history.  

1126  Death of Urraca of Castile (b. 1082) on March - 08.  

1144  Celestine II, [Guido], Italian Pope (1143-44), dies in battle on this day in history.  

1202  Death of Sverre of Norway on this day in history.  

1223  Death of Wincenty KadÅ‚ubek, Polish chronicler (b. 1161) on March - 08.  

1403  On March - 08 bajezid I Jildirim, 4th sultan of Turkey (1389-1403), dies at 42  

1466  On this day in history francesco Sforza, Italian condottiere/duke of Milan, dies at 64  

1550  Juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint (Brothers of Mercy), dies at 55 on March - 08.