Famous Birthdays In April - 08

1320  On this day in history birth of king Peter I of Portugal (d. 1367)  

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

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

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 April - 08.  

1605  Philip IV, King of Spain & Portugal (1621-65) was born on this day in history.  

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  

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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 April - 08.  

1695  On this day in history birth of johann C Gunther, writer  

1697  Pierre Prowo, composer was born on this day in history.  

1708  Georg Zarth, composer was born on this day in history.  

1726  On this day in history birth of lewis Morris, US farmer (signed Decl of Independence)  

1731  On this day in history 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  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  On April - 08 birth of adam A earl von Neipperg, Austrian general/Napoleon's wife Marie lover  

1776  Thaddaus Weigl, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1816  Frederick William Burton, painter was born on this day in history.  

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 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  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  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 this day in history.  

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

1143  John II Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium (1118-43), dies in an accident on this day in history.  

1364  Jan II, the Good, King of France (1350-64), dies at 44 on April - 08.  

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

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

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.