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 this day in history.  

1533  Claudio Merulo, organist/composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1582  On April - 08 birth of phienas Fletcher, poet  

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

1641  On this day in history birth of henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney, English statesman (d. 1704)  

1642  Gerard Callenbach, Dutch admiral was born on April - 08.  

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1655  On April - 08 birth of louis Willem I, Margrave (Baden-Baden)  

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

1695  On April - 08 birth of johann C Gunther, writer  

1697  On April - 08 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 April - 08.  

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

1756  On this day in history birth of joseph Gehot, composer  

1775  Adam A earl von Neipperg, Austrian general/Napoleon's wife Marie lover was born on this day in history.  

1776  Thaddaus Weigl, composer was born on April - 08.  

1783  John Claudius, London England, horticulturist was born on April - 08.  

1798  On April - 08 birth of dionysios Solomos, poet  

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

1818  On April - 08 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  Ramón Emeterio Betances, Puerto Rican politician, medical doctor and diplomat (d. 1898) was born on April - 08.  

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

1831  Allard Pierson, Dutch theologiost/philosopher/art historian/poet was born on April - 08.  

1832  Alfred von Waldersee, Prussian fieldmarshal was born on this day in history.  

1842  On April - 08 birth of elizabeth Bacon Custer, wife of George Armstrong Custer (d. 1933)  

1843  On April - 08 birth of asger Hamerik, [Hammerich], composer  

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  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  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 April - 08.  

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 April - 08.  

1537  On April - 08 willem Aerts, Flemish architect, dies