Famous Deaths In March - 08

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  On March - 08 celestine II, [Guido], Italian Pope (1143-44), dies in battle  

1202  Death of Sverre of Norway on March - 08.  

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

1550  Juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint (Brothers of Mercy), dies at 55 on March - 08.  

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  

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

1661  On this day in history jules Mazarin, Italian cardinal/premier of France, dies at 58  

1674  On March - 08 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 this day in history harald Vallerius, composer, dies at 69  

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

1724  On March - 08 enrico Giovanni Zuccalli, Swiss architect, dies at about 81  

1728  Gian M Crescimbeni, Italian literary/critic (Arcadia), dies at 64 on March - 08.  

1731  Death of Ferdinand Brokoff, Czech sculptor (b. 1688) on March - 08.  

1734  Carolomannus Pachschmidt, composer, dies at 33 on this day in history.  

1754  Don Jose de Carvajal bon Lancaster, Sp min of Foreign affairs, dies on this day in history.  

1757  Death of Thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar (b. 1701) on this day in history.  

1771  On March - 08 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 March - 08.  

1828  On March - 08 johann Anton Sulzer, composer, dies at 75  

1844  Death of Charles XIV John of Sweden (b. 1763) on March - 08.  

1855  Death of William Poole, Infamous member of New York City's Bowery Boys gang (b. 1821) on March - 08.  

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

1869  On March - 08 louis Hector Berlioz, French composer (Symphony Fantastic), dies at 65  

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

1887  Pavel Annenkov, Russian literature historian/critic, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

1889  Jens/John Ericsson, Swed/US, engineer (fire extinguisher), dies at 85 on this day in history.  

1901  Karl Freiherr von Stumm-Halberg, German politician, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

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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 this day in history.  

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

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 March - 08.  

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  On March - 08 birth of johann Rist, composer