Famous Deaths Happened In March - 08

0883  On March - 08 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  On March - 08 death of sverre of Norway   

1223  Death of Wincenty KadÅ‚ubek, Polish chronicler (b. 1161) on this day in history.   

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 March - 08 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 March - 08.   

1640  On this day in history guillaume van Messaus, composer, dies at 50   

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 March - 08.   

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

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  On this day in history harald Vallerius, composer, dies at 69   

1720  On March - 08 georg Bronner, composer, dies at 53   

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 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  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  Death of Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge, doctor, Massachusetts militia officer, member of the Massachusetts legislature (b. 1739) on March - 08.   

1828  Johann Anton Sulzer, composer, dies at 75 on March - 08.   

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

1855  On March - 08 death of william Poole, Infamous member of New York City's Bowery Boys gang (b. 1821)   

1862  On this day in history adrien de La Fage, composer, dies at 56   

1869  On March - 08 louis Hector Berlioz, French composer (Symphony Fantastic), dies at 65   

1874  On March - 08 millard Fillmore, 13th president (1850-53), dies of at 74   

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  On this day in history 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  On March - 08 birth of beatrice of Castile, queen of Portugal (d. 1359)   

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

1495  On this day in history 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 March - 08 birth of johann Rist, composer