Famous Birthdays In March - 08

1075  On March - 08 birth of abu 'l-Kasim Mahmud ibn Omar al-Zamachshari, Arab theologist  

1286  John III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1341) was born on March - 08.  

1293  On March - 08 birth of beatrice of Castile, queen of Portugal (d. 1359)  

1495  Juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint/founder (Brothers of Mercy) was born on March - 08.  

1495  John of God, Portuguese-born friar and saint (d. 1550) was born on March - 08.  

1514  On this day in history birth of amago Haruhisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1562)  

1560  On this day in history birth of don Carlo Gesualdo, Italian composer (d. 1613)  

1607  On March - 08 birth of johann Rist, composer  

1659  On this day in history birth of isaac de Beausobre, French Protestant pastor (d. 1738)  

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

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1712  John Fothergill, English physician (d. 1780) was born on this day in history.  

1714  On March - 08 birth of carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, German composer, son of JS Bach  

1726  Richard Howe, British admiral (d. 1799) was born on this day in history.  

1743  On March - 08 birth of bendix Friedrich Zinck, composer  

1746  On this day in history birth of andré Michaux, French botanist (d. 1802)  

1748  Willem V Batavus, prince of Orange-Nassau was born on March - 08.  

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 this day in history birth of gottfied Wilhelm Fink, composer  

1783  Hannah Hoes Van Buren, NY, wife of pres Martin (1837-41) (died 1819) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1822  Ignacy Lukasiewicz, Polish inventor (d. 1882) was born on this day in history.  

1825  George William Martin, composer was born on March - 08.  

1827  On this day in history birth of wilhelm Bleek, German linguist (d. 1875)  

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

1836  On March - 08 birth of matthew Calbraith Butler, Major General (Confederate Army)  

1839  On this day in history birth of james Mason Crafts, US chemist (Friedel-Crafts-synthesis)  

1840  On March - 08 birth of franco Faccio, Italian composer/conductor  

1841  Oliver Wendell Holmes, Mass, 59th Supreme Court justice (1902-32) was born on March - 08.  

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

1847  On this day in history birth of karl von Bach, German engineer (Maschinenelemente)  

1853  Edward Hubertus Joannes Keurvels, Flemish composer (Parisina) was born on this day in history.  

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0883  On this day in history albumasar, [Ahmad Aboe M Gafar al-Balkhi], Arabic astronomer, dies  

1126  On March - 08 death of urraca of Castile (b. 1082)  

1144  Celestine II, [Guido], Italian Pope (1143-44), dies in battle on March - 08.  

1202  On March - 08 death of sverre of Norway  

1223  On March - 08 death of wincenty Kadłubek, Polish chronicler (b. 1161)  

1403  Bajezid I Jildirim, 4th sultan of Turkey (1389-1403), dies at 42 on this day in history.  

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

1550  On March - 08 juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint (Brothers of Mercy), dies at 55