Famous Deaths In March - 08

0883  On March - 08 albumasar, [Ahmad Aboe M Gafar al-Balkhi], Arabic astronomer, dies  

1126  On this day in history death of urraca of Castile (b. 1082)  

1144  Celestine II, [Guido], Italian Pope (1143-44), dies in battle on March - 08.  

1202  Death of Sverre of Norway on this day in history.  

1223  On March - 08 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  On March - 08 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 March - 08.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1674  On March - 08 death of charles Sorel, sieur de Souvigny, French writer (b. 1597)  

1702  On this day in history death of john de Baen, portrait painter/etcher, buried at 69  

1709  William Cowper/Cooper, English anatomist, dies at about 62 on March - 08.  

1716  Harald Vallerius, composer, dies at 69 on March - 08.  

1720  On March - 08 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  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  On this day in history 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 March - 08.  

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  On March - 08 death of charles XIV John of Sweden (b. 1763)  

1855  Death of William Poole, Infamous member of New York City's Bowery Boys gang (b. 1821) on this day in history.  

1862  On March - 08 adrien de La Fage, composer, dies at 56  

1869  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of john III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1341)  

1293  Beatrice of Castile, queen of Portugal (d. 1359) was born on March - 08.  

1495  On March - 08 birth of juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint/founder (Brothers of Mercy)  

1495  On March - 08 birth of john of God, Portuguese-born friar and saint (d. 1550)  

1514  Amago Haruhisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1562) was born on this day in history.  

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

1607  Johann Rist, composer was born on March - 08.