Famous Deaths 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  Jan II, the Good, King of France (1350-64), dies at 44 on April - 08.  

1461  On this day in history death of georg Purbach, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1423)  

1492  On April - 08 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 April - 08.  

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 April - 08.  

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1629  On April - 08 willem Teellinck, Dutch theologist/vicar, dies at 50  

1697  On April - 08 death of niels Juel, Danish admiral (b. 1629)  

1704  On this day in history death of hiob Ludolf, German orientalist (b. 1624)  

1725  On April - 08 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 April - 08.  

1736  On this day in history pedro Vaz Rego, composer, dies at 63  

1759  Francois de La Croix, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

1778  On April - 08 pieter Teyler van der Hulst, Dutch founder (Teyler Museum), dies at 76  

1794  On this day in history marie-Jean-Antoine-Nicholas-Caritat, mathematician dies  

1844  Ignaz Franz von Mosel, composer, dies at 72 on April - 08.  

1848  On April - 08 domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti, Italian composer, dies at 50  

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

1853  Jan W Pieneman, historical painter (Battle at Waterloo), dies at 73 on this day in history.  

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 April - 08 elisha G Otis, US elevator builder (Otis), dies at 50  

1863  Joseph Netherclift, composer, dies at 70 on April - 08.  

1865  John Park, composer, dies at 61 on April - 08.  

1870  Charles-Auguste de Beriot, Belgian violinist/composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

1871  Charles-Louis Hanssens, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

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

1890  Junius Morgan, philanthropist, dies at 76 on April - 08.  

1894  Bankim C Chattopadhyaya, writer (Mrinalini, Anandamath), dies at 55 on April - 08.  

1897  George Garrett, composer, dies at 62 on April - 08.  

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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  Claudio Merulo, organist/composer was born on this day in history.  

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 April - 08 birth of philip IV, King of Spain & Portugal (1621-65)  

1631  Cornelis de Heem, painter was born on this day in history.