Historical Events In April - 08

1844  On April - 08 ignaz Franz von Mosel, composer, dies at 72  

1848  On this day in history 1st battle at Gioto: Sardinia-Piemonte beats Austrians  

1848  Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti, Italian composer, dies at 50 on this day in history.  

1850  SF County Govt established on April - 08.  

1850  William Henry Welch, US, pathologist (founded John Hopkins) on April - 08.  

1851  On this day in history john Parry, composer, dies at 75  

1853  Cincinnati became first US city to pay firefighters a regular salary on this day in history.  

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

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

1859  On April - 08 edmund Husserl, Germany, philosopher (founded Phenomenology)  

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1861  US mint at Dahlonega, Georgia seized by confederacy on this day in history.  

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

1862  John D Lynde patents aerosol dispenser on this day in history.  

1863  Wartime conscription law in US goes into effect on this day in history.  

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

1864  Battle of Mansfield, La Federals routed by Gen Richard Taylor on April - 08.  

1865  On this day in history battle of 5 Forks, signalling end of Lee's army  

1865  On this day in history john Park, composer, dies at 61  

1866  On April - 08 italy and Prussia ally against Austria-Hungary.  

1867  Blacks vote in municipal election in Tuscumbia, Alabama on this day in history.  

1867  International Exhibition opens in Paris on this day in history.  

1868  Hampton Institute opens on April - 08.  

1869  American Museum of Natural History opens (NYC) on April - 08.  

1869  On this day in history harvey Cushing, US, neurosurgeon (blood pressure studies)  

1870  On April - 08 patrick Gass sgt of Lewis &Clark Expedition, dies at 98  

1870  On April - 08 charles-Auguste de Beriot, Belgian violinist/composer, dies at 68  

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

1873  Alfred Paraf of New York City patented the first successful oleomargarine on this day in history.  

1873  On April - 08 british White Star steamship Atlantic sinks off Nova Scotia, 547 die  

1875  On this day in history albert I LCMM von Saksen-Coburg, king of Belgium (1909-34)  

1876  Amiliare Ponchielli's opera "La Gioconda," premieres in Milan on this day in history.  

1878  Rudolf Nelson, composer on April - 08.  

1879  Khedive Ismael of Egypt fires French/British ministers on this day in history.  

1880  On this day in history victor Schertzinger, composer/director (Uptown NY)  

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1320  On this day in history birth of king Peter I of Portugal (d. 1367)  

1460  Ponce de Leon, Spain, searched for fountain of youth, found Florida was born on April - 08.  

1533  Claudio Merulo, organist/composer was born on April - 08.  

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

1582  On this day in history birth of phienas Fletcher, poet  

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

1605  Philip IV, King of Spain & Portugal (1621-65) was born on April - 08.  

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

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  John II Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium (1118-43), dies in an accident on this day in history.  

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

1498  On this day in history death of charles VIII, King of France (1483-98), beheaded at 27  

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