Famous Deaths Happened In March - 08

0883  Albumasar, [Ahmad Aboe M Gafar al-Balkhi], Arabic astronomer, dies on March - 08.   

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 this day in history 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  On March - 08 juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint (Brothers of Mercy), dies at 55   

1638  On March - 08 jacob C van Neck, admiral/mayor of Amsterdam, dies at about 73   

1640  On March - 08 guillaume van Messaus, composer, dies at 50   

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

1661  On March - 08 jules Mazarin, Italian cardinal/premier of France, dies at 58   

1674  On March - 08 death of charles Sorel, sieur de Souvigny, French writer (b. 1597)   

1702  Death of John de Baen, portrait painter/etcher, buried at 69 on March - 08.   

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

1716  On March - 08 harald Vallerius, composer, dies at 69   

1720  Georg Bronner, composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

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

1728  On this day in history gian M Crescimbeni, Italian literary/critic (Arcadia), dies at 64   

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

1757  On March - 08 death of thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar (b. 1701)   

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

1819  On this day in history death of benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge, doctor, Massachusetts militia officer, member of the Massachusetts legislature (b. 1739)   

1828  On this day in history johann Anton Sulzer, composer, dies at 75   

1844  Death of Charles XIV John of Sweden (b. 1763) on March - 08.   

1855  Death of William Poole, Infamous member of New York City's Bowery Boys gang (b. 1821) on March - 08.   

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 March - 08.   

1887  Pavel Annenkov, Russian literature historian/critic, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1889  Jens/John Ericsson, Swed/US, engineer (fire extinguisher), dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1901  Karl Freiherr von Stumm-Halberg, German politician, dies at 64 on March - 08.   

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1075  On this day in history birth of abu 'l-Kasim Mahmud ibn Omar al-Zamachshari, Arab theologist   

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 March - 08.   

1495  Juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint/founder (Brothers of Mercy) was born on March - 08.   

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 March - 08.   

1560  On March - 08 birth of don Carlo Gesualdo, Italian composer (d. 1613)   

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