Famous Deaths Happened 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history death of wincenty KadÅ‚ubek, 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 March - 08.   

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

1638  On this day in history jacob C van Neck, admiral/mayor of Amsterdam, dies at about 73   

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

1641  On March - 08 death of xu Xiake, Chinese adventurer (b. 1587)   

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

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

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

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

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

1734  On March - 08 carolomannus Pachschmidt, composer, dies at 33   

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

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

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

1819  On this day in history death of benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge, doctor, Massachusetts militia officer, member of the Massachusetts legislature (b. 1739)   

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

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

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  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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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 March - 08.   

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

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 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