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

1202  Death of Sverre of Norway on March - 08.   

1223  Death of Wincenty KadÅ‚ubek, Polish chronicler (b. 1161) on March - 08.   

1403  Bajezid I Jildirim, 4th sultan of Turkey (1389-1403), dies at 42 on March - 08.   

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   

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 March - 08.   

1641  On this day in history death of xu Xiake, Chinese adventurer (b. 1587)   

1661  Jules Mazarin, Italian cardinal/premier of France, dies at 58 on March - 08.   

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

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

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

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  On this day in history 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 March - 08.   

1757  Death of Thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar (b. 1701) on this day in history.   

1771  On March - 08 death of louis August le Clerc, French-born sculptor (b. 1688)   

1819  On March - 08 death of benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge, doctor, Massachusetts militia officer, member of the Massachusetts legislature (b. 1739)   

1828  Johann Anton Sulzer, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1874  Millard Fillmore, 13th president (1850-53), dies of at 74 on March - 08.   

1887  Pavel Annenkov, Russian literature historian/critic, dies at 73 on March - 08.   

1889  On March - 08 jens/John Ericsson, Swed/US, engineer (fire extinguisher), dies at 85   

1901  On March - 08 karl Freiherr von Stumm-Halberg, German politician, dies at 64   

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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  Beatrice of Castile, queen of Portugal (d. 1359) was born on this day in history.   

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

1495  On March - 08 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  Don Carlo Gesualdo, Italian composer (d. 1613) was born on March - 08.   

1607  On this day in history birth of johann Rist, composer