Famous Deaths In March - 08

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

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 this day in history.   

1202  On March - 08 death of sverre of Norway   

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 March - 08.   

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

1641  Death of Xu Xiake, Chinese adventurer (b. 1587) on March - 08.   

1661  On this day in history jules Mazarin, Italian cardinal/premier of France, dies at 58   

1674  Death of Charles Sorel, sieur de Souvigny, French writer (b. 1597) on this day in history.   

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

1709  William Cowper/Cooper, English anatomist, dies at about 62 on March - 08.   

1716  Harald Vallerius, composer, dies at 69 on March - 08.   

1720  On March - 08 georg Bronner, composer, dies at 53   

1724  Enrico Giovanni Zuccalli, Swiss architect, dies at about 81 on this day in history.   

1728  Gian M Crescimbeni, Italian literary/critic (Arcadia), dies at 64 on March - 08.   

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

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  On this day in history death of louis August le Clerc, French-born sculptor (b. 1688)   

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  On March - 08 death of charles XIV John of Sweden (b. 1763)   

1855  On March - 08 death of william Poole, Infamous member of New York City's Bowery Boys gang (b. 1821)   

1862  Adrien de La Fage, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

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  On March - 08 jens/John Ericsson, Swed/US, engineer (fire extinguisher), dies at 85   

1901  Karl Freiherr von Stumm-Halberg, German politician, dies at 64 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  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  On this day in history birth of juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint/founder (Brothers of Mercy)   

1495  John of God, Portuguese-born friar and saint (d. 1550) was born on March - 08.   

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

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.