Famous Birthdays In April - 08

1320  On April - 08 birth of king Peter I of Portugal (d. 1367)  

1460  Ponce de Leon, Spain, searched for fountain of youth, found Florida was born on April - 08.  

1533  On this day in history birth of claudio Merulo, organist/composer  

1541  Michele Mercati, Italian physician (d. 1593) was born on April - 08.  

1582  Phienas Fletcher, poet was born on this day in history.  

1605  Louis de Vadder, Flemish painter was born on this day in history.  

1605  Philip IV, King of Spain & Portugal (1621-65) was born on April - 08.  

1631  On this day in history birth of cornelis de Heem, painter  

1641  Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney, English statesman (d. 1704) was born on this day in history.  

1642  On this day in history birth of gerard Callenbach, Dutch admiral  

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1655  Louis Willem I, Margrave (Baden-Baden) was born on April - 08.  

1692  On this day in history birth of giuseppe Tartini, Italy, violinist/composer (Trillo del Diavolo)  

1695  On this day in history birth of johann C Gunther, writer  

1697  On this day in history birth of pierre Prowo, composer  

1708  Georg Zarth, composer was born on April - 08.  

1726  On April - 08 birth of lewis Morris, US farmer (signed Decl of Independence)  

1731  William Williams, US merchant (signed Decl of Independence) was born on April - 08.  

1732  On April - 08 birth of david Rittenhouse, American astronomer, inventor, and mathematician (d. 1796)  

1741  Jose B da Gama, Portuguese poet (O Uraguai) was born on April - 08.  

1756  Joseph Gehot, composer was born on April - 08.  

1775  On April - 08 birth of adam A earl von Neipperg, Austrian general/Napoleon's wife Marie lover  

1776  On this day in history birth of thaddaus Weigl, composer  

1783  On April - 08 birth of john Claudius, London England, horticulturist  

1798  Dionysios Solomos, poet was born on April - 08.  

1816  Frederick William Burton, painter was born on this day in history.  

1818  On this day in history birth of christaan IX, king of Denmark (1863-1906)  

1826  Pancha Carrasco, Costa Rican war heroine (d. 1890) was born on this day in history.  

1827  On April - 08 birth of ramón Emeterio Betances, Puerto Rican politician, medical doctor and diplomat (d. 1898)  

1828  On April - 08 birth of george Baird Hodge, Brig General (Confederate Army)  

1831  On April - 08 birth of allard Pierson, Dutch theologiost/philosopher/art historian/poet  

1832  Alfred von Waldersee, Prussian fieldmarshal was born on April - 08.  

1842  Elizabeth Bacon Custer, wife of George Armstrong Custer (d. 1933) was born on this day in history.  

1843  Asger Hamerik, [Hammerich], composer was born on April - 08.  

1850  On April - 08 birth of william Henry Welch, US, pathologist (founded John Hopkins)  

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0217  Death of Caracalla, [Marcus Antoniius], Roman emperor (198-217), murdered at 29 on this day in history.  

0956  Death of Gilbert of Chalon, Duke of Burgundy on April - 08.  

1143  John II Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium (1118-43), dies in an accident on April - 08.  

1364  On April - 08 jan II, the Good, King of France (1350-64), dies at 44  

1461  On April - 08 death of georg Purbach, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1423)  

1492  Lorenzo I de' Medici"il Magnifico", ruler of Florence (1469-92), dies on April - 08.  

1498  Death of Charles VIII, King of France (1483-98), beheaded at 27 on this day in history.  

1537  Willem Aerts, Flemish architect, dies on this day in history.