Historical Events In March - 08

0883  On March - 08 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  On this day in history celestine II, [Guido], Italian Pope (1143-44), dies in battle  

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  Jacoba van Bayern marries her cousin John IV van Brabant on March - 08.  

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

1495  On this day in history juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint/founder (Brothers of Mercy)  

1550  Juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint (Brothers of Mercy), dies at 55 on this day in history.  

1586  On March - 08 johan van Oldenbarnevelt becomes Dutch chief legal advisor  

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1607  On this day in history johann Rist, composer  

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

1640  On this day in history guillaume van Messaus, composer, dies at 50  

1658  Peace of Roskilde between Sweden &Denmark on March - 08.  

1658  On this day in history peace of Roskilde between Sweden & Denmark  

1661  On this day in history 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  On March - 08 england Queen Anne ascends throne upon death of King William III  

1702  On March - 08 john de Baen, portrait painter/etcher, buried at 69  

1706  On March - 08 vienna's Wiener Stadtbank established  

1709  On March - 08 william Cowper/Cooper, English anatomist, dies at about 62  

1711  On this day in history 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 March - 08.  

1720  Georg Bronner, composer, dies at 53 on March - 08.  

1722  Afghan monarch Mir Mahmud occupies Persia on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history carolomannus Pachschmidt, composer, dies at 33  

1743  On March - 08 bendix Friedrich Zinck, composer  

1746  On this day in history cumberland's troops occupy Aberdeen  

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

1754  On this day in history marquis of Ensenada becomes premier of Spain  

1754  Don Jose de Carvajal bon Lancaster, Sp min of Foreign affairs, dies on March - 08.  

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1075  Abu 'l-Kasim Mahmud ibn Omar al-Zamachshari, Arab theologist was born on this day in history.  

1286  On this day in history birth of john III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1341)  

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 this day in history 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.  

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

1126  On this day in history death of urraca of Castile (b. 1082)  

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

1202  Death of Sverre of Norway on March - 08.  

1223  On March - 08 death of wincenty Kadłubek, Polish chronicler (b. 1161)  

1403  On March - 08 bajezid I Jildirim, 4th sultan of Turkey (1389-1403), dies at 42  

1466  Francesco Sforza, Italian condottiere/duke of Milan, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

1550  On March - 08 juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint (Brothers of Mercy), dies at 55