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 April - 08.   

1143  On April - 08 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 this day in history.   

1498  Death of Charles VIII, King of France (1483-98), beheaded at 27 on April - 08.   

1537  On this day in history willem Aerts, Flemish architect, dies   

1586  On April - 08 death of martin Chemnitz, Lutheran reformer and theologian (b. 1522)   

1587  On this day in history death of john Foxe, English writer (b. 1516)   

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

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

1704  On April - 08 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  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 April - 08.   

1844  Ignaz Franz von Mosel, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1848  On this day in history domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti, Italian composer, dies at 50   

1851  John Parry, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1853  On this day in history jan W Pieneman, historical painter (Battle at Waterloo), dies at 73   

1857  On this day in history death of mangal Pandey, Indian soldier (b. 1827)   

1858  On April - 08 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  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  On this day in history 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 April - 08.   

1894  On April - 08 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  King Peter I of Portugal (d. 1367) was born on April - 08.   

1460  On April - 08 birth of ponce de Leon, Spain, searched for fountain of youth, found Florida   

1533  Claudio Merulo, organist/composer was born on this day in history.   

1541  Michele Mercati, Italian physician (d. 1593) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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.