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  On this day in history birth of beatrice of Castile, queen of Portugal (d. 1359)  

1495  On this day in history birth of juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint/founder (Brothers of Mercy)  

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

1607  On March - 08 birth of johann Rist, composer  

1659  Isaac de Beausobre, French Protestant pastor (d. 1738) was born on this day in history.  

1700  On March - 08 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 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  André Michaux, French botanist (d. 1802) was born on this day in history.  

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

1748  On March - 08 birth of william V of Orange, Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic  

1778  Friedrich August Kanne, composer was born on this day in history.  

1783  Gottfied Wilhelm Fink, composer was born on March - 08.  

1783  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of simon Cameron, Secy War (Union), died in 1889  

1814  On March - 08 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  João de Deus, Portuguese poet (d. 1896) was born on this day in history.  

1836  On this day in history birth of matthew Calbraith Butler, Major General (Confederate Army)  

1839  James Mason Crafts, US chemist (Friedel-Crafts-synthesis) was born on this day in history.  

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

1841  On March - 08 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  On this day in history birth of karl von Bach, German engineer (Maschinenelemente)  

1853  On March - 08 birth of edward Hubertus Joannes Keurvels, Flemish composer (Parisina)  

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0883  On March - 08 albumasar, [Ahmad Aboe M Gafar al-Balkhi], Arabic astronomer, dies  

1126  Death of Urraca of Castile (b. 1082) on this day in history.  

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

1202  On March - 08 death of sverre of Norway  

1223  Death of Wincenty KadÅ‚ubek, Polish chronicler (b. 1161) on this day in history.  

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

1466  On March - 08 francesco Sforza, Italian condottiere/duke of Milan, dies at 64  

1550  On this day in history juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint (Brothers of Mercy), dies at 55