Famous Personalities Born In April - 08
Saturday, 12 July 2025
1320 King Peter I of Portugal (d. 1367) was born on this day in history.
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 April - 08.
1541 On this day in history birth of michele Mercati, Italian physician (d. 1593)
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 April - 08 birth of cornelis de Heem, painter
1641 Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney, English statesman (d. 1704) was born on April - 08.
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 Johann C Gunther, writer was born on this day in history.
1697 Pierre Prowo, composer was born on this day in history.
1708 On April - 08 birth of georg Zarth, composer
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 On this day in history birth of david Rittenhouse, American astronomer, inventor, and mathematician (d. 1796)
1741 On April - 08 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 Thaddaus Weigl, composer was born on April - 08.
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 April - 08.
1818 On this day in history birth of christaan IX, king of Denmark (1863-1906)
1826 On April - 08 birth of pancha Carrasco, Costa Rican war heroine (d. 1890)
1827 On this day in history 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 Allard Pierson, Dutch theologiost/philosopher/art historian/poet was born on April - 08.
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 On this day in history birth of asger Hamerik, [Hammerich], composer
1850 William Henry Welch, US, pathologist (founded John Hopkins) was born on April - 08.