Famous Deaths Happened 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  On March - 08 death of sverre of Norway   

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

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

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  Jacob C van Neck, admiral/mayor of Amsterdam, dies at about 73 on this day in history.   

1640  On March - 08 guillaume van Messaus, composer, dies at 50   

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

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

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  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  On this day in history georg Bronner, composer, dies at 53   

1724  Enrico Giovanni Zuccalli, Swiss architect, dies at about 81 on March - 08.   

1728  Gian M Crescimbeni, Italian literary/critic (Arcadia), dies at 64 on March - 08.   

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

1734  Carolomannus Pachschmidt, composer, dies at 33 on this day in history.   

1754  On March - 08 don Jose de Carvajal bon Lancaster, Sp min of Foreign affairs, dies   

1757  On this day in history death of thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar (b. 1701)   

1771  Death of Louis August le Clerc, French-born sculptor (b. 1688) on March - 08.   

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

1828  Johann Anton Sulzer, composer, dies at 75 on March - 08.   

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

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

1874  On this day in history millard Fillmore, 13th president (1850-53), dies of at 74   

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

1889  Jens/John Ericsson, Swed/US, engineer (fire extinguisher), dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1901  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 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  On March - 08 birth of don Carlo Gesualdo, Italian composer (d. 1613)   

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