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 this day in history.  

1533  Claudio Merulo, organist/composer was born on April - 08.  

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

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

1605  Louis de Vadder, Flemish painter was born on April - 08.  

1605  Philip IV, King of Spain & Portugal (1621-65) was born on April - 08.  

1631  Cornelis de Heem, painter was born on April - 08.  

1641  Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney, English statesman (d. 1704) was born on this day in history.  

1642  Gerard Callenbach, Dutch admiral was born on April - 08.  

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1655  Louis Willem I, Margrave (Baden-Baden) was born on this day in history.  

1692  On April - 08 birth of giuseppe Tartini, Italy, violinist/composer (Trillo del Diavolo)  

1695  Johann C Gunther, writer was born on April - 08.  

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  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  Adam A earl von Neipperg, Austrian general/Napoleon's wife Marie lover was born on April - 08.  

1776  Thaddaus Weigl, composer was born on April - 08.  

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

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

1816  On this day in history birth of frederick William Burton, painter  

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

1832  On this day in history birth of alfred von Waldersee, Prussian fieldmarshal  

1842  Elizabeth Bacon Custer, wife of George Armstrong Custer (d. 1933) was born on April - 08.  

1843  On April - 08 birth of asger Hamerik, [Hammerich], composer  

1850  On April - 08 birth of william Henry Welch, US, pathologist (founded John Hopkins)  

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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 this day in history.  

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  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 this day in history.