Famous Deaths In March - 08

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

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 this day in history.  

1202  On March - 08 death of sverre of Norway  

1223  Death of Wincenty Kadłubek, 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 this day in history 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  Guillaume van Messaus, composer, dies at 50 on March - 08.  

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1641  Death of Xu Xiake, Chinese adventurer (b. 1587) on this day in history.  

1661  Jules Mazarin, Italian cardinal/premier of France, dies at 58 on March - 08.  

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 March - 08 william Cowper/Cooper, English anatomist, dies at about 62  

1716  On this day in history harald Vallerius, composer, dies at 69  

1720  Georg Bronner, composer, dies at 53 on March - 08.  

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

1728  On March - 08 gian M Crescimbeni, Italian literary/critic (Arcadia), dies at 64  

1731  On this day in history death of ferdinand Brokoff, Czech sculptor (b. 1688)  

1734  On this day in history carolomannus Pachschmidt, composer, dies at 33  

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

1757  On this day in history death of thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar (b. 1701)  

1771  Death of Louis August le Clerc, French-born sculptor (b. 1688) on March - 08.  

1819  On March - 08 death of benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge, doctor, Massachusetts militia officer, member of the Massachusetts legislature (b. 1739)  

1828  On March - 08 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  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  Millard Fillmore, 13th president (1850-53), dies of at 74 on March - 08.  

1887  On this day in history pavel Annenkov, Russian literature historian/critic, dies at 73  

1889  On March - 08 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  John III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1341) was born on March - 08.  

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  On March - 08 birth of amago Haruhisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1562)  

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

1607  On March - 08 birth of johann Rist, composer