Famous Birthdays In April - 08

1320  King Peter I of Portugal (d. 1367) was born on April - 08.  

1460  Ponce de Leon, Spain, searched for fountain of youth, found Florida was born on this day in history.  

1533  On April - 08 birth of claudio Merulo, organist/composer  

1541  On April - 08 birth of michele Mercati, Italian physician (d. 1593)  

1582  Phienas Fletcher, poet was born on April - 08.  

1605  On April - 08 birth of louis de Vadder, Flemish painter  

1605  On April - 08 birth of philip IV, King of Spain & Portugal (1621-65)  

1631  Cornelis de Heem, painter was born on this day in history.  

1641  On April - 08 birth of henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney, English statesman (d. 1704)  

1642  On April - 08 birth of gerard Callenbach, Dutch admiral  

1655  Louis Willem I, Margrave (Baden-Baden) was born on this day in history.  

1692  Giuseppe Tartini, Italy, violinist/composer (Trillo del Diavolo) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1731  On April - 08 birth of william Williams, US merchant (signed Decl of Independence)  

1732  David Rittenhouse, American astronomer, inventor, and mathematician (d. 1796) was born on April - 08.  

1741  On this day in history birth of jose B da Gama, Portuguese poet (O Uraguai)  

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 April - 08 birth of thaddaus Weigl, composer  

1783  John Claudius, London England, horticulturist was born on this day in history.  

1798  On April - 08 birth of dionysios Solomos, poet  

1816  On April - 08 birth of frederick William Burton, painter  

1818  Christaan IX, king of Denmark (1863-1906) was born on April - 08.  

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

1827  Ramón Emeterio Betances, Puerto Rican politician, medical doctor and diplomat (d. 1898) was born on April - 08.  

1828  George Baird Hodge, Brig General (Confederate Army) was born on April - 08.  

1831  Allard Pierson, Dutch theologiost/philosopher/art historian/poet was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1850  William Henry Welch, US, pathologist (founded John Hopkins) was born on this day in history.  

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0217  On April - 08 death of caracalla, [Marcus Antoniius], Roman emperor (198-217), murdered at 29  

0956  Death of Gilbert of Chalon, Duke of Burgundy on this day in history.  

1143  On this day in history john II Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium (1118-43), dies in an accident  

1364  On this day in history jan II, the Good, King of France (1350-64), dies at 44  

1461  On this day in history death of georg Purbach, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1423)  

1492  Lorenzo I de' Medici"il Magnifico", ruler of Florence (1469-92), dies on this day in history.  

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 April - 08.