Famous Deaths In April - 08

0217  On April - 08 death of caracalla, [Marcus Antoniius], Roman emperor (198-217), murdered at 29   

0956  On April - 08 death of gilbert of Chalon, Duke of Burgundy   

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  Death of Georg Purbach, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1423) on this day in history.   

1492  Lorenzo I de' Medici"il Magnifico", ruler of Florence (1469-92), dies on April - 08.   

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.   

1586  On this day in history death of martin Chemnitz, Lutheran reformer and theologian (b. 1522)   

1587  Death of John Foxe, English writer (b. 1516) on April - 08.   

1629  Willem Teellinck, Dutch theologist/vicar, dies at 50 on April - 08.   

1697  Death of Niels Juel, Danish admiral (b. 1629) on this day in history.   

1704  Death of Hiob Ludolf, German orientalist (b. 1624) on this day in history.   

1725  Death of John Wise, English clergyman (b. 1652) on April - 08.   

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

1736  Pedro Vaz Rego, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1759  On April - 08 francois de La Croix, composer, dies at 76   

1778  On this day in history pieter Teyler van der Hulst, Dutch founder (Teyler Museum), dies at 76   

1794  Marie-Jean-Antoine-Nicholas-Caritat, mathematician dies on this day in history.   

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  On April - 08 john Parry, composer, dies at 75   

1853  On April - 08 jan W Pieneman, historical painter (Battle at Waterloo), dies at 73   

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

1858  On April - 08 anton Diabelli, Austrian composer/publisher, dies at 76   

1861  Elisha G Otis, US elevator builder (Otis), dies at 50 on this day in history.   

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

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 April - 08.   

1889  On this day in history 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  George Garrett, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

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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 April - 08.   

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

1582  Phienas Fletcher, poet was born on April - 08.   

1605  On this day in history birth of louis de Vadder, Flemish painter   

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.