Famous Deaths Happened In March - 08

0883  On March - 08 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  On this day in history death of wincenty KadÅ‚ubek, Polish chronicler (b. 1161)   

1403  On March - 08 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  Juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint (Brothers of Mercy), dies at 55 on March - 08.   

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 this day in history.   

1641  On March - 08 death of xu Xiake, Chinese adventurer (b. 1587)   

1661  Jules Mazarin, Italian cardinal/premier of France, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

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

1702  On this day in history death of john de Baen, portrait painter/etcher, buried at 69   

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

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

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

1724  On March - 08 enrico Giovanni Zuccalli, Swiss architect, dies at about 81   

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

1731  Death of Ferdinand Brokoff, Czech sculptor (b. 1688) on March - 08.   

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  Johann Anton Sulzer, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

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 March - 08.   

1874  Millard Fillmore, 13th president (1850-53), dies of at 74 on this day in history.   

1887  On March - 08 pavel Annenkov, Russian literature historian/critic, dies at 73   

1889  Jens/John Ericsson, Swed/US, engineer (fire extinguisher), dies at 85 on March - 08.   

1901  Karl Freiherr von Stumm-Halberg, German politician, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

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1075  On this day in history 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  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  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.