Famous Deaths Happened In April - 08

0217  On April - 08 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 this day in history john II Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium (1118-43), dies in an accident   

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  On April - 08 death of charles VIII, King of France (1483-98), beheaded at 27   

1537  Willem Aerts, Flemish architect, dies on this day in history.   

1586  Death of Martin Chemnitz, Lutheran reformer and theologian (b. 1522) on this day in history.   

1587  Death of John Foxe, English writer (b. 1516) on this day in history.   

1629  On this day in history willem Teellinck, Dutch theologist/vicar, dies at 50   

1697  On this day in history death of niels Juel, Danish admiral (b. 1629)   

1704  Death of Hiob Ludolf, German orientalist (b. 1624) on April - 08.   

1725  On this day in history death of john Wise, English clergyman (b. 1652)   

1735  Death of Francis II Rákóczi, leader of the Hungarian uprising against the Habsburg (b. March 27, 1676) on this day in history.   

1736  On April - 08 pedro Vaz Rego, composer, dies at 63   

1759  Francois de La Croix, composer, dies at 76 on April - 08.   

1778  Pieter Teyler van der Hulst, Dutch founder (Teyler Museum), dies at 76 on April - 08.   

1794  Marie-Jean-Antoine-Nicholas-Caritat, mathematician dies on April - 08.   

1844  On this day in history ignaz Franz von Mosel, composer, dies at 72   

1848  Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti, Italian composer, dies at 50 on April - 08.   

1851  John Parry, composer, dies at 75 on April - 08.   

1853  Jan W Pieneman, historical painter (Battle at Waterloo), dies at 73 on April - 08.   

1857  Death of Mangal Pandey, Indian soldier (b. 1827) on April - 08.   

1858  On this day in history anton Diabelli, Austrian composer/publisher, dies at 76   

1861  On this day in history elisha G Otis, US elevator builder (Otis), dies at 50   

1863  On April - 08 joseph Netherclift, composer, dies at 70   

1865  On April - 08 john Park, composer, dies at 61   

1870  On this day in history charles-Auguste de Beriot, Belgian violinist/composer, dies at 68   

1871  On April - 08 charles-Louis Hanssens, composer, dies at 68   

1889  On April - 08 henry Jupp, cricketer (scored 63 on Test debut for Engl in 1877), dies   

1890  Junius Morgan, philanthropist, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1894  On this day in history bankim C Chattopadhyaya, writer (Mrinalini, Anandamath), dies at 55   

1897  On this day in history george Garrett, composer, dies at 62   

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1320  King Peter I of Portugal (d. 1367) was born on this day in history.   

1460  Ponce de Leon, Spain, searched for fountain of youth, found Florida was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1582  On April - 08 birth of phienas Fletcher, poet   

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

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.