Famous Birthdays In June - 08

1318  On June - 08 birth of eleonora Plantagenet, daughter of King Eduard II/wife of Reinald II  

1625  On June - 08 birth of giovanni D Cassini, Perinaldo, France, discoverer (4 moons of Saturn)  

1652  William Dampier, English explorer/pirate was born on June - 08.  

1671  On June - 08 birth of tomaso Albinoni, Italian composer (Adagio in G-minor)  

1717  On this day in history birth of john Collins, American politician (d. 1795)  

1722  Jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht, composer was born on this day in history.  

1724  On June - 08 birth of john Smeaton, Leeds, civil engineer  

1740  On this day in history birth of gabriele Mario Piozzi, composer  

1743  Alessandro Cagliostro, Palermo Italy, adventurer was born on June - 08.  

1745  Caspar Wessel, Danish mathematician (d. 1818) was born on June - 08.  

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1753  Nicolas-Marie Dalayrac, composer was born on June - 08.  

1756  Cornelis van Foreest, mayor of Alkmaar was born on this day in history.  

1757  On June - 08 birth of cardinal Ercole Consalvi, Italian Roman Catholic Cardinal (d. 1824)  

1759  On June - 08 birth of thomas Dunham Whitaker, Rainham Norfolk UK, topographer  

1772  On this day in history birth of robert Stevenson, Glasgow, civil engineer  

1783  Joseph Lincke, composer was born on June - 08.  

1804  Jan Baptist van Son, Dutch politician (RC) was born on this day in history.  

1805  Luigi Ricci, composer was born on June - 08.  

1806  On this day in history birth of gideon Johnson Pillow, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1878  

1812  On this day in history birth of spyridon Xyndas, composer  

1813  On June - 08 birth of david Dixon Porter, Rear Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1891  

1814  Charles Reade, England, novelist (Cloister & Hearth) was born on June - 08.  

1821  John Dunlap Stevenson, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1897 was born on this day in history.  

1821  Samuel White Baker, London England, explorer (Ceylon/Egypt) was born on June - 08.  

1824  On June - 08 birth of james Loudon, gov-gen of Neth-Indies  

1824  On this day in history birth of william Montgomery Gardner, Brig Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1901  

1829  John Everett Millais, England, painter (Order of Release) was born on this day in history.  

1831  On this day in history birth of thomas J. Higgins, decorated Union Army soldier (d. 1917)  

1834  George Garrett, composer was born on June - 08.  

1837  On this day in history birth of jan Kleczynski, composer  

1837  Moriz Heyne, German germanist (Beowulf) was born on this day in history.  

1842  On this day in history birth of john Q. A. Brackett, 36th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1918)  

1847  On this day in history birth of ida Sazton McKinley, 1st lady (1897-1901)  

1849  On this day in history birth of juliaan Dillens, Flemish sculptor (Anspach Monument)  

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0218  Opellius Macrinus, emperor of Rome (217-8), dies in battle at 54 on June - 08.  

0632  Mohammed, prophet of Islam (Koran), dies (according to tradition) on this day in history.  

1042  Death of Hardicanute, King of England (1040-42), Lambeth on June - 08.  

1115  On June - 08 peter van Amiens, French minister of crusades, dies at about 64  

1376  "Black Prince" of Wales, son of King Edward of England, dies at 46 on June - 08.  

1383  On June - 08 death of thomas de Ros, 5th Baron de Ros, English Crusader (b. 1338)  

1384  Death of Kanami, Japanese actor (b. 1333) on June - 08.  

1476  On June - 08 death of george Neville, English archbishop and statesman