Famous Birthdays In April - 08

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

1460  On April - 08 birth of ponce de Leon, Spain, searched for fountain of youth, found Florida  

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

1541  Michele Mercati, Italian physician (d. 1593) was born on this day in history.  

1582  On April - 08 birth of phienas Fletcher, poet  

1605  Louis de Vadder, Flemish painter was born on April - 08.  

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

1642  Gerard Callenbach, Dutch admiral was born on this day in history.  

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

1692  Giuseppe Tartini, Italy, violinist/composer (Trillo del Diavolo) was born on April - 08.  

1695  On April - 08 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  Lewis Morris, US farmer (signed Decl of Independence) was born on this day in history.  

1731  On this day in history 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 April - 08 birth of jose B da Gama, Portuguese poet (O Uraguai)  

1756  On April - 08 birth of joseph Gehot, composer  

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

1798  On this day in history birth of dionysios Solomos, poet  

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

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 April - 08.  

1827  Ramón Emeterio Betances, Puerto Rican politician, medical doctor and diplomat (d. 1898) was born on this day in history.  

1828  On this day in history birth of george Baird Hodge, Brig General (Confederate Army)  

1831  On this day in history birth of allard Pierson, Dutch theologiost/philosopher/art historian/poet  

1832  On April - 08 birth of alfred von Waldersee, Prussian fieldmarshal  

1842  On this day in history birth of elizabeth Bacon Custer, wife of George Armstrong Custer (d. 1933)  

1843  Asger Hamerik, [Hammerich], composer was born on this day in history.  

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

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

0956  On this day in history death of gilbert of Chalon, Duke of Burgundy  

1143  On April - 08 john II Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium (1118-43), dies in an accident  

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

1461  Death of Georg Purbach, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1423) on this day in history.  

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 April - 08.