Famous Deaths In March - 08

0883  Albumasar, [Ahmad Aboe M Gafar al-Balkhi], Arabic astronomer, dies on this day in history.  

1126  On March - 08 death of urraca of Castile (b. 1082)  

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  Death of Wincenty Kadłubek, Polish chronicler (b. 1161) on this day in history.  

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

1466  Francesco Sforza, Italian condottiere/duke of Milan, dies at 64 on March - 08.  

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 March - 08.  

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

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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  Death of Charles Sorel, sieur de Souvigny, French writer (b. 1597) on March - 08.  

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 March - 08 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  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  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 March - 08.  

1771  Death of Louis August le Clerc, French-born sculptor (b. 1688) on March - 08.  

1819  On March - 08 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 this day in history.  

1844  Death of Charles XIV John of Sweden (b. 1763) on March - 08.  

1855  Death of William Poole, Infamous member of New York City's Bowery Boys gang (b. 1821) on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history millard Fillmore, 13th president (1850-53), dies of at 74  

1887  Pavel Annenkov, Russian literature historian/critic, dies at 73 on March - 08.  

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

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

1495  John of God, Portuguese-born friar and saint (d. 1550) was born on this day in history.  

1514  Amago Haruhisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1562) was born on this day in history.  

1560  On this day in history birth of don Carlo Gesualdo, Italian composer (d. 1613)  

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