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 April - 08.  

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

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

1582  On this day in history birth of phienas Fletcher, poet  

1605  On this day in history 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 April - 08.  

1641  On April - 08 birth of henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney, English statesman (d. 1704)  

1642  On this day in history birth of gerard Callenbach, Dutch admiral  

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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  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  David Rittenhouse, American astronomer, inventor, and mathematician (d. 1796) was born on this day in history.  

1741  On April - 08 birth of jose B da Gama, Portuguese poet (O Uraguai)  

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

1775  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of dionysios Solomos, poet  

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

1818  Christaan IX, king of Denmark (1863-1906) was born on this day in history.  

1826  On this day in history birth of pancha Carrasco, Costa Rican war heroine (d. 1890)  

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 this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history.  

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

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  On this day in history jan II, the Good, King of France (1350-64), dies at 44  

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

1537  On this day in history willem Aerts, Flemish architect, dies