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 this day in history death of sverre of Norway  

1223  On this day in history death of wincenty Kadłubek, Polish chronicler (b. 1161)  

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

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 March - 08.  

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 March - 08.  

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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  On March - 08 death of charles Sorel, sieur de Souvigny, French writer (b. 1597)  

1702  On March - 08 death of john de Baen, portrait painter/etcher, buried at 69  

1709  William Cowper/Cooper, English anatomist, dies at about 62 on this day in history.  

1716  On this day in history harald Vallerius, composer, dies at 69  

1720  On March - 08 georg Bronner, composer, dies at 53  

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

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 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 this day in history.  

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  On this day in history johann Anton Sulzer, composer, dies at 75  

1844  On this day in history death of charles XIV John of Sweden (b. 1763)  

1855  On March - 08 death of william Poole, Infamous member of New York City's Bowery Boys gang (b. 1821)  

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 March - 08.  

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

1889  On this day in history 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  Beatrice of Castile, queen of Portugal (d. 1359) was born on March - 08.  

1495  Juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint/founder (Brothers of Mercy) was born on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history birth of johann Rist, composer