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

1202  Death of Sverre of Norway on March - 08.   

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

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

1466  On March - 08 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 this day in history.   

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

1641  On this day in history 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  Death of Charles Sorel, sieur de Souvigny, French writer (b. 1597) on this day in history.   

1702  On this day in history 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  Georg Bronner, composer, dies at 53 on March - 08.   

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

1728  Gian M Crescimbeni, Italian literary/critic (Arcadia), dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1731  On March - 08 death of ferdinand Brokoff, Czech sculptor (b. 1688)   

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

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  Adrien de La Fage, composer, dies at 56 on March - 08.   

1869  Louis Hector Berlioz, French composer (Symphony Fantastic), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1874  On this day in history 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  Jens/John Ericsson, Swed/US, engineer (fire extinguisher), dies at 85 on March - 08.   

1901  On March - 08 karl Freiherr von Stumm-Halberg, German politician, dies at 64   

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1075  On March - 08 birth of abu 'l-Kasim Mahmud ibn Omar al-Zamachshari, Arab theologist   

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

1293  Beatrice of Castile, queen of Portugal (d. 1359) was born on this day in history.   

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

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 March - 08.