Historical Events In March - 08
Friday, 13 February 2026
0883 Albumasar, [Ahmad Aboe M Gafar al-Balkhi], Arabic astronomer, dies. 

1075 Abu 'l-Kasim Mahmud ibn Omar al-Zamachshari, Arab theologist. 

1144 Celestine II, [Guido], Italian Pope (1143-44), dies in battle. 

1202 Sverre of Norway. 

1403 Bajezid I Jildirim, 4th sultan of Turkey (1389-1403), dies at 42. 

1418 Jacoba van Bayern marries her cousin John IV van Brabant 

1466 Francesco Sforza, Italian condottiere/duke of Milan, dies at 64 

1495 Juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint/founder (Brothers of Mercy). 

1550 Juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint (Brothers of Mercy), dies at 55 

1586 Johan van Oldenbarnevelt is recorded as becoming Dutch chief legal advisor 

1607 Johann Rist, composer 

1638 Jacob C van Neck, admiral/mayor of Amsterdam, dies at about 73 

1640 Guillaume van Messaus, composer, dies at 50 

1658 Peace of Roskilde between Sweden and Denmark. 

1661 Jules Mazarin, Italian cardinal/premier of France, dies at 58 

1702 England's Queen Anne ascends throne upon death of King William III 

1702 England Queen Anne ascends throne upon death of King William III 

1702 John de Baen, portrait painter/etcher, buried at 69. 

1706 Vienna's Wiener Stadtbank established. 

1709 William Cowper/Cooper, English anatomist, dies at about 62 

1711 Antoin de Guiscard tries English premier Haley for murder 

1714 Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, German composer, son of JS Bach. 

1716 Harald Vallerius, composer, dies at 69 

1720 Georg Bronner, composer, dies at 53. 

1722 Afghan monarch Mir Mahmud occupies Persia. 

1724 Enrico Giovanni Zuccalli, Swiss architect, dies at about 81. 

1728 Gian M Crescimbeni, Italian literary/critic (Arcadia), dies at 64 

1734 Carolomannus Pachschmidt, composer, dies at 33. 

1743 Bendix Friedrich Zinck, composer. 

1746 Cumberland's troops occupy Aberdeen 

1748 Willem V Batavus, prince of Orange-Nassau 

1754 Marquis of Ensenada is recorded as becoming premier of Spain 

1754 Don Jose de Carvajal bon Lancaster, Sp min of Foreign affairs, dies. 

1766 Willem V (18) is recorded as becoming Governor of United Provinces. 

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