Famous Birthdays In April - 08

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

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 this day in history.  

1541  On April - 08 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  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 this day in history.  

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

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1655  On April - 08 birth of louis Willem I, Margrave (Baden-Baden)  

1692  On this day in history birth of giuseppe Tartini, Italy, violinist/composer (Trillo del Diavolo)  

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

1697  Pierre Prowo, composer was born on April - 08.  

1708  On April - 08 birth of georg Zarth, composer  

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  On April - 08 birth of thaddaus Weigl, composer  

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

1798  On this day in history birth of dionysios Solomos, poet  

1816  Frederick William Burton, painter was born on April - 08.  

1818  Christaan IX, king of Denmark (1863-1906) was born on April - 08.  

1826  On April - 08 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 this day in history.  

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

1831  Allard Pierson, Dutch theologiost/philosopher/art historian/poet was born on April - 08.  

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

1842  On April - 08 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 April - 08.  

1364  On April - 08 jan II, the Good, King of France (1350-64), dies at 44  

1461  Death of Georg Purbach, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1423) on April - 08.  

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  On April - 08 willem Aerts, Flemish architect, dies