Famous Personalities Born 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  On this day in history birth of claudio Merulo, organist/composer   

1541  Michele Mercati, Italian physician (d. 1593) was born on April - 08.   

1582  On this day in history 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 April - 08.   

1642  Gerard Callenbach, Dutch admiral was born on this day in history.   

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 April - 08.   

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

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

1708  On April - 08 birth of georg Zarth, composer   

1726  Lewis Morris, US farmer (signed Decl of Independence) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1756  Joseph Gehot, composer was born on April - 08.   

1775  On this day in history birth of adam A earl von Neipperg, Austrian general/Napoleon's wife Marie lover   

1776  On April - 08 birth of thaddaus Weigl, composer   

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 this day in history.   

1826  Pancha Carrasco, Costa Rican war heroine (d. 1890) was born on this day in history.   

1827  On April - 08 birth of ramón Emeterio Betances, Puerto Rican politician, medical doctor and diplomat (d. 1898)   

1828  George Baird Hodge, Brig General (Confederate Army) was born on this day in history.   

1831  On this day in history birth of allard Pierson, Dutch theologiost/philosopher/art historian/poet   

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

1842  Elizabeth Bacon Custer, wife of George Armstrong Custer (d. 1933) was born on this day in history.   

1843  Asger Hamerik, [Hammerich], composer was born on April - 08.   

1850  William Henry Welch, US, pathologist (founded John Hopkins) was born on this day in history.   

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0217  On this day in history death of caracalla, [Marcus Antoniius], Roman emperor (198-217), murdered at 29   

0956  Death of Gilbert of Chalon, Duke of Burgundy on April - 08.   

1143  On April - 08 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 April - 08.   

1461  On April - 08 death of georg Purbach, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1423)   

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  Willem Aerts, Flemish architect, dies on this day in history.