Famous Deaths In March - 08

0883  Albumasar, [Ahmad Aboe M Gafar al-Balkhi], Arabic astronomer, dies on March - 08.  

1126  Death of Urraca of Castile (b. 1082) on March - 08.  

1144  On this day in history celestine II, [Guido], Italian Pope (1143-44), dies in battle  

1202  Death of Sverre of Norway on March - 08.  

1223  On March - 08 death of wincenty Kadłubek, 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  Juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint (Brothers of Mercy), dies at 55 on March - 08.  

1638  Jacob C van Neck, admiral/mayor of Amsterdam, dies at about 73 on this day in history.  

1640  On this day in history guillaume van Messaus, composer, dies at 50  

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

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  Death of John de Baen, portrait painter/etcher, buried at 69 on March - 08.  

1709  On this day in history william Cowper/Cooper, English anatomist, dies at about 62  

1716  Harald Vallerius, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

1720  On this day in history georg Bronner, composer, dies at 53  

1724  On this day in history enrico Giovanni Zuccalli, Swiss architect, dies at about 81  

1728  On March - 08 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  Don Jose de Carvajal bon Lancaster, Sp min of Foreign affairs, dies on this day in history.  

1757  Death of Thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar (b. 1701) on this day in history.  

1771  On this day in history death of louis August le Clerc, French-born sculptor (b. 1688)  

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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history louis Hector Berlioz, French composer (Symphony Fantastic), dies at 65  

1874  On March - 08 millard Fillmore, 13th president (1850-53), dies of at 74  

1887  On this day in history pavel Annenkov, Russian literature historian/critic, dies at 73  

1889  On March - 08 jens/John Ericsson, Swed/US, engineer (fire extinguisher), dies at 85  

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  John III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1341) was born on March - 08.  

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

1495  Juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint/founder (Brothers of Mercy) was born on March - 08.  

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

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