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

1202  On March - 08 death of sverre of Norway  

1223  Death of Wincenty KadÅ‚ubek, Polish chronicler (b. 1161) on this day in history.  

1403  Bajezid I Jildirim, 4th sultan of Turkey (1389-1403), dies at 42 on March - 08.  

1466  On March - 08 francesco Sforza, Italian condottiere/duke of Milan, dies at 64  

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 this day in history.  

1640  Guillaume van Messaus, composer, dies at 50 on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1702  Death of John de Baen, portrait painter/etcher, buried at 69 on this day in history.  

1709  On March - 08 william Cowper/Cooper, English anatomist, dies at about 62  

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

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

1724  On this day in history 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  On March - 08 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  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  On this day in history 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 March - 08.  

1862  Adrien de La Fage, composer, dies at 56 on March - 08.  

1869  Louis Hector Berlioz, French composer (Symphony Fantastic), dies at 65 on March - 08.  

1874  Millard Fillmore, 13th president (1850-53), dies of at 74 on March - 08.  

1887  Pavel Annenkov, Russian literature historian/critic, dies at 73 on March - 08.  

1889  On this day in history jens/John Ericsson, Swed/US, engineer (fire extinguisher), dies at 85  

1901  Karl Freiherr von Stumm-Halberg, German politician, dies at 64 on March - 08.  

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1075  Abu 'l-Kasim Mahmud ibn Omar al-Zamachshari, Arab theologist was born on March - 08.  

1286  On March - 08 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  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  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