Famous Deaths In March - 08

0883  Albumasar, [Ahmad Aboe M Gafar al-Balkhi], Arabic astronomer, dies on March - 08.  

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

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 Kadłubek, Polish chronicler (b. 1161) on this day in history.  

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

1466  Francesco Sforza, Italian condottiere/duke of Milan, dies at 64 on March - 08.  

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

1638  On March - 08 jacob C van Neck, admiral/mayor of Amsterdam, dies at about 73  

1640  On March - 08 guillaume van Messaus, composer, dies at 50  

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

1661  Jules Mazarin, Italian cardinal/premier of France, dies at 58 on this day in history.  

1674  On this day in history death of charles Sorel, sieur de Souvigny, French writer (b. 1597)  

1702  On March - 08 death of john de Baen, portrait painter/etcher, buried at 69  

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

1716  On March - 08 harald Vallerius, composer, dies at 69  

1720  On this day in history georg Bronner, composer, dies at 53  

1724  Enrico Giovanni Zuccalli, Swiss architect, dies at about 81 on March - 08.  

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  On March - 08 carolomannus Pachschmidt, composer, dies at 33  

1754  On March - 08 don Jose de Carvajal bon Lancaster, Sp min of Foreign affairs, dies  

1757  Death of Thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar (b. 1701) on March - 08.  

1771  Death of Louis August le Clerc, French-born sculptor (b. 1688) on this day in history.  

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

1828  Johann Anton Sulzer, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

1844  Death of Charles XIV John of Sweden (b. 1763) on this day in history.  

1855  On March - 08 death of william Poole, Infamous member of New York City's Bowery Boys gang (b. 1821)  

1862  Adrien de La Fage, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.  

1869  Louis Hector Berlioz, French composer (Symphony Fantastic), dies at 65 on this day in history.  

1874  On this day in history millard Fillmore, 13th president (1850-53), dies of at 74  

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

1889  Jens/John Ericsson, Swed/US, engineer (fire extinguisher), dies at 85 on March - 08.  

1901  On this day in history karl Freiherr von Stumm-Halberg, German politician, dies at 64  

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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 this day in history.  

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

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

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