Historical Events In March - 08

0883  On this day in history albumasar, [Ahmad Aboe M Gafar al-Balkhi], Arabic astronomer, dies  

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

1144  Celestine II, [Guido], Italian Pope (1143-44), dies in battle on March - 08.  

1202  On this day in history sverre of Norway  

1403  Bajezid I Jildirim, 4th sultan of Turkey (1389-1403), dies at 42 on March - 08.  

1418  On March - 08 jacoba van Bayern marries her cousin John IV van Brabant  

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

1495  On March - 08 juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint/founder (Brothers of Mercy)  

1550  Juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint (Brothers of Mercy), dies at 55 on March - 08.  

1586  Johan van Oldenbarnevelt becomes Dutch chief legal advisor on March - 08.  

1607  On March - 08 johann Rist, composer  

1638  On this day in history jacob C van Neck, admiral/mayor of Amsterdam, dies at about 73  

1640  Guillaume van Messaus, composer, dies at 50 on March - 08.  

1658  On March - 08 peace of Roskilde between Sweden &Denmark  

1658  Peace of Roskilde between Sweden & Denmark on this day in history.  

1661  On March - 08 jules Mazarin, Italian cardinal/premier of France, dies at 58  

1702  England's Queen Anne ascends throne upon death of King William III on March - 08.  

1702  England Queen Anne ascends throne upon death of King William III on this day in history.  

1702  John de Baen, portrait painter/etcher, buried at 69 on this day in history.  

1706  On March - 08 vienna's Wiener Stadtbank established  

1709  On this day in history william Cowper/Cooper, English anatomist, dies at about 62  

1711  On March - 08 antoin de Guiscard tries English premier Haley for murder  

1714  Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, German composer, son of JS Bach on March - 08.  

1716  Harald Vallerius, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

1720  On this day in history georg Bronner, composer, dies at 53  

1722  On March - 08 afghan monarch Mir Mahmud occupies Persia  

1724  Enrico Giovanni Zuccalli, Swiss architect, dies at about 81 on March - 08.  

1728  On March - 08 gian M Crescimbeni, Italian literary/critic (Arcadia), dies at 64  

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

1743  On March - 08 bendix Friedrich Zinck, composer  

1746  Cumberland's troops occupy Aberdeen on this day in history.  

1748  On this day in history willem V Batavus, prince of Orange-Nassau  

1754  Marquis of Ensenada becomes premier of Spain on March - 08.  

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

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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 March - 08.  

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 March - 08.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

1126  Death of Urraca of Castile (b. 1082) on March - 08.  

1144  Celestine II, [Guido], Italian Pope (1143-44), dies in battle on March - 08.  

1202  Death of Sverre of Norway on this day in history.  

1223  Death of Wincenty Kadłubek, Polish chronicler (b. 1161) on this day in history.  

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  On March - 08 juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint (Brothers of Mercy), dies at 55