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 March - 08 birth of john III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1341)  

1293  Beatrice of Castile, queen of Portugal (d. 1359) was born on this day in history.  

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

1495  On this day in history birth of john of God, Portuguese-born friar and saint (d. 1550)  

1514  Amago Haruhisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1562) was born on this day in history.  

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

1607  Johann Rist, composer was born on this day in history.  

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)  

1712  John Fothergill, English physician (d. 1780) was born on March - 08.  

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  André Michaux, French botanist (d. 1802) was born on March - 08.  

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

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

1778  On this day in history birth of friedrich August Kanne, composer  

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  On March - 08 birth of karl Ferdinand von Grafe, help create modern plastic surgery  

1799  On this day in history birth of simon Cameron, Secy War (Union), died in 1889  

1814  Ede Szigligeti, Hungarian dramatist (d. 1878) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1827  Wilhelm Bleek, German linguist (d. 1875) was born on March - 08.  

1830  João de Deus, Portuguese poet (d. 1896) was born on March - 08.  

1836  Matthew Calbraith Butler, Major General (Confederate Army) was born on this day in history.  

1839  James Mason Crafts, US chemist (Friedel-Crafts-synthesis) was born on March - 08.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1847  Karl von Bach, German engineer (Maschinenelemente) was born on March - 08.  

1853  On this day in history 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 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  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 March - 08.  

1466  Francesco Sforza, Italian condottiere/duke of Milan, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

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