Famous Deaths Happened In March - 08

0883  On March - 08 albumasar, [Ahmad Aboe M Gafar al-Balkhi], Arabic astronomer, dies   

1126  Death of Urraca of Castile (b. 1082) on this day in history.   

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

1202  On March - 08 death of sverre of Norway   

1223  On March - 08 death of wincenty KadÅ‚ubek, 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 this day in history.   

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 March - 08.   

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

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 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 March - 08 harald Vallerius, composer, dies at 69   

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

1724  On March - 08 enrico Giovanni Zuccalli, Swiss architect, dies at about 81   

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 this day in history.   

1734  Carolomannus Pachschmidt, composer, dies at 33 on March - 08.   

1754  Don Jose de Carvajal bon Lancaster, Sp min of Foreign affairs, dies on this day in history.   

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  On March - 08 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  Adrien de La Fage, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1869  Louis Hector Berlioz, French composer (Symphony Fantastic), dies at 65 on March - 08.   

1874  On March - 08 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  Karl Freiherr von Stumm-Halberg, German politician, dies at 64 on March - 08.   

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1075  Abu 'l-Kasim Mahmud ibn Omar al-Zamachshari, Arab theologist was born on March - 08.   

1286  John III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1341) was born on this day in history.   

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  John of God, Portuguese-born friar and saint (d. 1550) was born on this day in history.   

1514  On March - 08 birth of amago Haruhisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1562)   

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

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