Famous Birthdays In April - 08

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

1460  On this day in history birth of ponce de Leon, Spain, searched for fountain of youth, found Florida   

1533  Claudio Merulo, organist/composer was born on April - 08.   

1541  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of philip IV, King of Spain & Portugal (1621-65)   

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

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   

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 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  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  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 this day in history.   

1756  Joseph Gehot, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1798  Dionysios Solomos, poet was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of ramón Emeterio Betances, Puerto Rican politician, medical doctor and diplomat (d. 1898)   

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

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

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

1850  William Henry Welch, US, pathologist (founded John Hopkins) was born on April - 08.   

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0217  Death of Caracalla, [Marcus Antoniius], Roman emperor (198-217), murdered at 29 on April - 08.   

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  Jan II, the Good, King of France (1350-64), dies at 44 on April - 08.   

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  On this day in history death of charles VIII, King of France (1483-98), beheaded at 27   

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