Famous Deaths Happened 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 this day in history.   

1223  Death of Wincenty KadÅ‚ubek, Polish chronicler (b. 1161) on March - 08.   

1403  On this day in history bajezid I Jildirim, 4th sultan of Turkey (1389-1403), dies at 42   

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 this day in history.   

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.   

1641  On this day in history death of xu Xiake, Chinese adventurer (b. 1587)   

1661  On March - 08 jules Mazarin, Italian cardinal/premier of France, dies at 58   

1674  Death of Charles Sorel, sieur de Souvigny, French writer (b. 1597) on March - 08.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1720  Georg Bronner, composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1724  Enrico Giovanni Zuccalli, Swiss architect, dies at about 81 on this day in history.   

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

1731  On March - 08 death of ferdinand Brokoff, Czech sculptor (b. 1688)   

1734  Carolomannus Pachschmidt, composer, dies at 33 on March - 08.   

1754  On this day in history don Jose de Carvajal bon Lancaster, Sp min of Foreign affairs, dies   

1757  On March - 08 death of thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar (b. 1701)   

1771  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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  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 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 March - 08.   

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

1607  On this day in history birth of johann Rist, composer