Famous Deaths In March - 08

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

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

1144  On this day in history celestine II, [Guido], Italian Pope (1143-44), dies in battle  

1202  On March - 08 death of sverre of Norway  

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

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

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

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

1638  Jacob C van Neck, admiral/mayor of Amsterdam, dies at about 73 on this day in history.  

1640  On this day in history guillaume van Messaus, composer, dies at 50  

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1641  Death of Xu Xiake, Chinese adventurer (b. 1587) on March - 08.  

1661  On March - 08 jules Mazarin, Italian cardinal/premier of France, dies at 58  

1674  Death of Charles Sorel, sieur de Souvigny, French writer (b. 1597) on this day in history.  

1702  Death of John de Baen, portrait painter/etcher, buried at 69 on this day in history.  

1709  On this day in history william Cowper/Cooper, English anatomist, dies at about 62  

1716  Harald Vallerius, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

1720  On March - 08 georg Bronner, composer, dies at 53  

1724  Enrico Giovanni Zuccalli, Swiss architect, dies at about 81 on this day in history.  

1728  On this day in history gian M Crescimbeni, Italian literary/critic (Arcadia), dies at 64  

1731  Death of Ferdinand Brokoff, Czech sculptor (b. 1688) on this day in history.  

1734  Carolomannus Pachschmidt, composer, dies at 33 on March - 08.  

1754  Don Jose de Carvajal bon Lancaster, Sp min of Foreign affairs, dies on March - 08.  

1757  On March - 08 death of thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar (b. 1701)  

1771  On this day in history death of louis August le Clerc, French-born sculptor (b. 1688)  

1819  Death of Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge, doctor, Massachusetts militia officer, member of the Massachusetts legislature (b. 1739) on this day in history.  

1828  On this day in history johann Anton Sulzer, composer, dies at 75  

1844  On this day in history death of charles XIV John of Sweden (b. 1763)  

1855  On this day in history death of william Poole, Infamous member of New York City's Bowery Boys gang (b. 1821)  

1862  On this day in history adrien de La Fage, composer, dies at 56  

1869  Louis Hector Berlioz, French composer (Symphony Fantastic), dies at 65 on March - 08.  

1874  On March - 08 millard Fillmore, 13th president (1850-53), dies of at 74  

1887  On March - 08 pavel Annenkov, Russian literature historian/critic, dies at 73  

1889  On this day in history jens/John Ericsson, Swed/US, engineer (fire extinguisher), dies at 85  

1901  On March - 08 karl Freiherr von Stumm-Halberg, German politician, dies at 64  

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1075  Abu 'l-Kasim Mahmud ibn Omar al-Zamachshari, Arab theologist was born on March - 08.  

1286  On March - 08 birth of john III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1341)  

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 this day in history.  

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

1514  Amago Haruhisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1562) was born on March - 08.  

1560  On March - 08 birth of don Carlo Gesualdo, Italian composer (d. 1613)  

1607  On March - 08 birth of johann Rist, composer