389 Historic Events for March 8
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| 883 |
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Albumasar, [Ahmad Aboe M Gafar al-Balkhi], Arabic astronomer, dies
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| 1075 |
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Abu 'l-Kasim Mahmud ibn Omar al-Zamachshari, Arab theologist
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| 1144 |
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Celestine II, [Guido], Italian Pope (1143-44), dies in battle
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| 1403 |
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Bajezid I Jildirim, 4th sultan of Turkey (1389-1403), dies at 42
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| 1418 |
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Jacoba van Bayern marries her cousin John IV van Brabant
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| 1466 |
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Francesco Sforza, Italian condottiere/duke of Milan, dies at 64
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| 1495 |
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Juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint/founder (Brothers of Mercy)
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| 1550 |
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Juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint (Brothers of Mercy), dies at 55
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| 1586 |
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Johan van Oldenbarnevelt becomes Dutch chief legal advisor
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| 1607 |
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Johann Rist, composer
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| 1638 |
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Jacob C van Neck, admiral/mayor of Amsterdam, dies at about 73
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| 1640 |
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Guillaume van Messaus, composer, dies at 50
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| 1658 |
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Peace of Roskilde between Sweden and Denmark
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| 1661 |
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Jules Mazarin, Italian cardinal/premier of France, dies at 58
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| 1702 |
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England Queen Anne ascends throne upon death of King William III
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| 1702 |
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William III, Dutch King of England (1689-1702), dies at 51 [NS-Mar 19]
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| 1702 |
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John de Baen, portrait painter/etcher, buried at 69
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| 1706 |
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Vienna's Wiener Stadtbank established
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| 1709 |
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William Cowper/Cooper, English anatomist, dies at about 62
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| 1711 |
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Antoin de Guiscard tries English premier Haley for murder
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| 1714 |
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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, German composer, son of JS Bach
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| 1716 |
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Harald Vallerius, composer, dies at 69
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| 1720 |
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Georg Bronner, composer, dies at 53
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| 1722 |
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Afghan monarch Mir Mahmud occupies Persia
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| 1724 |
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Enrico Giovanni Zuccalli, Swiss architect, dies at about 81
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