Famous Deaths Happened In March - 08

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

1126  Death of Urraca of Castile (b. 1082) on this day in history.   

1144  Celestine II, [Guido], Italian Pope (1143-44), dies in battle on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history francesco Sforza, Italian condottiere/duke of Milan, dies at 64   

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

1638  Jacob C van Neck, admiral/mayor of Amsterdam, dies at about 73 on this day in history.   

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

1641  Death of Xu Xiake, Chinese adventurer (b. 1587) on this day in history.   

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 March - 08.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1728  Gian M Crescimbeni, Italian literary/critic (Arcadia), dies at 64 on this day in history.   

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

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

1754  On March - 08 don Jose de Carvajal bon Lancaster, Sp min of Foreign affairs, dies   

1757  On this day in history death of thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar (b. 1701)   

1771  Death of Louis August le Clerc, French-born sculptor (b. 1688) on March - 08.   

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  Death of Charles XIV John of Sweden (b. 1763) on March - 08.   

1855  On this day in history death of william Poole, Infamous member of New York City's Bowery Boys gang (b. 1821)   

1862  On March - 08 adrien de La Fage, composer, dies at 56   

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  Pavel Annenkov, Russian literature historian/critic, dies at 73 on March - 08.   

1889  On this day in history 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  Abu 'l-Kasim Mahmud ibn Omar al-Zamachshari, Arab theologist was born on March - 08.   

1286  John III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1341) was born on March - 08.   

1293  On March - 08 birth of beatrice of Castile, queen of Portugal (d. 1359)   

1495  Juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint/founder (Brothers of Mercy) was born on this day in history.   

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 March - 08.   

1560  On this day in history birth of don Carlo Gesualdo, Italian composer (d. 1613)   

1607  Johann Rist, composer was born on March - 08.