Famous Personalities Born In March - 08
Friday, 14 February 2025
1075 Abu 'l-Kasim Mahmud ibn Omar al-Zamachshari, Arab theologist was born on this day in history.
1286 On March - 08 birth of john III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1341)
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 On this day in history birth of john of God, Portuguese-born friar and saint (d. 1550)
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.
1659 Isaac de Beausobre, French Protestant pastor (d. 1738) was born on March - 08.
1700 Anne Bonny Irish-American pirate (d. 1782) was born on this day in history.
1712 On this day in history birth of john Fothergill, English physician (d. 1780)
1714 On this day in history birth of carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, German composer, son of JS Bach
1726 Richard Howe, British admiral (d. 1799) was born on this day in history.
1743 Bendix Friedrich Zinck, composer was born on March - 08.
1746 André Michaux, French botanist (d. 1802) was born on this day in history.
1748 Willem V Batavus, prince of Orange-Nassau was born on March - 08.
1748 William V of Orange, Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic was born on March - 08.
1778 Friedrich August Kanne, composer was born on this day in history.
1783 On this day in history birth of gottfied Wilhelm Fink, composer
1783 On this day in history birth of hannah Hoes Van Buren, NY, wife of pres Martin (1837-41) (died 1819)
1787 Karl Ferdinand von Grafe, help create modern plastic surgery was born on March - 08.
1799 Simon Cameron, Secy War (Union), died in 1889 was born on March - 08.
1814 On March - 08 birth of ede Szigligeti, Hungarian dramatist (d. 1878)
1822 Ignacy Lukasiewicz, Polish inventor (d. 1882) was born on March - 08.
1825 On March - 08 birth of george William Martin, composer
1827 Wilhelm Bleek, German linguist (d. 1875) was born on this day in history.
1830 João de Deus, Portuguese poet (d. 1896) was born on this day in history.
1836 Matthew Calbraith Butler, Major General (Confederate Army) was born on March - 08.
1839 On this day in history birth of james Mason Crafts, US chemist (Friedel-Crafts-synthesis)
1840 On this day in history birth of franco Faccio, Italian composer/conductor
1841 Oliver Wendell Holmes, Mass, 59th Supreme Court justice (1902-32) was born on March - 08.
1843 Per Jonas Fredrik Vilhelm Svedbom, composer was born on March - 08.
1847 On March - 08 birth of karl von Bach, German engineer (Maschinenelemente)
1853 Edward Hubertus Joannes Keurvels, Flemish composer (Parisina) was born on this day in history.