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 March - 08.  

1144  On March - 08 celestine II, [Guido], Italian Pope (1143-44), dies in battle  

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 this day in history.  

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

1550  On this day in history 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  Guillaume van Messaus, composer, dies at 50 on this day in history.  

1641  Death of Xu Xiake, Chinese adventurer (b. 1587) on March - 08.  

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

1674  On this day in history 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  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  Gian M Crescimbeni, Italian literary/critic (Arcadia), dies at 64 on this day in history.  

1731  Death of Ferdinand Brokoff, Czech sculptor (b. 1688) on this day in history.  

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  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 this day in history.  

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

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  On this day in history birth of abu 'l-Kasim Mahmud ibn Omar al-Zamachshari, Arab theologist  

1286  On March - 08 birth of john III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1341)  

1293  On March - 08 birth of beatrice of Castile, queen of Portugal (d. 1359)  

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  On this day in history birth of amago Haruhisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1562)  

1560  Don Carlo Gesualdo, Italian composer (d. 1613) was born on this day in history.  

1607  Johann Rist, composer was born on this day in history.