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 this day in history.  

1144  Celestine II, [Guido], Italian Pope (1143-44), dies in battle on this day in history.  

1202  Death of Sverre of Norway on March - 08.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

1728  On this day in history gian M Crescimbeni, Italian literary/critic (Arcadia), dies at 64  

1731  Death of Ferdinand Brokoff, Czech sculptor (b. 1688) on March - 08.  

1734  On this day in history carolomannus Pachschmidt, composer, dies at 33  

1754  On March - 08 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  On March - 08 johann Anton Sulzer, composer, dies at 75  

1844  On March - 08 death of charles XIV John of Sweden (b. 1763)  

1855  On this day in history death of william Poole, Infamous member of New York City's Bowery Boys gang (b. 1821)  

1862  On this day in history 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  Jens/John Ericsson, Swed/US, engineer (fire extinguisher), dies at 85 on March - 08.  

1901  Karl Freiherr von Stumm-Halberg, German politician, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

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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 March - 08.  

1514  Amago Haruhisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1562) was born on March - 08.  

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

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