Famous Birthdays In April - 08

1320  On April - 08 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 this day in history.   

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  Louis de Vadder, Flemish painter was born on this day in history.   

1605  On April - 08 birth of philip IV, King of Spain & Portugal (1621-65)   

1631  On April - 08 birth of cornelis de Heem, painter   

1641  On April - 08 birth of henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney, English statesman (d. 1704)   

1642  Gerard Callenbach, Dutch admiral was born on April - 08.   

1655  Louis Willem I, Margrave (Baden-Baden) was born on April - 08.   

1692  On April - 08 birth of giuseppe Tartini, Italy, violinist/composer (Trillo del Diavolo)   

1695  On this day in history birth of johann C Gunther, writer   

1697  Pierre Prowo, composer was born on this day in history.   

1708  On this day in history birth of georg Zarth, composer   

1726  On this day in history birth of lewis Morris, US farmer (signed Decl of Independence)   

1731  On this day in history birth of william Williams, US merchant (signed Decl of Independence)   

1732  David Rittenhouse, American astronomer, inventor, and mathematician (d. 1796) was born on April - 08.   

1741  On this day in history birth of jose B da Gama, Portuguese poet (O Uraguai)   

1756  On this day in history birth of joseph Gehot, composer   

1775  On this day in history birth of adam A earl von Neipperg, Austrian general/Napoleon's wife Marie lover   

1776  On this day in history birth of thaddaus Weigl, composer   

1783  John Claudius, London England, horticulturist was born on this day in history.   

1798  On this day in history birth of dionysios Solomos, poet   

1816  On April - 08 birth of frederick William Burton, painter   

1818  On this day in history birth of christaan IX, king of Denmark (1863-1906)   

1826  Pancha Carrasco, Costa Rican war heroine (d. 1890) was born on this day in history.   

1827  On this day in history birth of ramón Emeterio Betances, Puerto Rican politician, medical doctor and diplomat (d. 1898)   

1828  George Baird Hodge, Brig General (Confederate Army) was born on April - 08.   

1831  Allard Pierson, Dutch theologiost/philosopher/art historian/poet was born on this day in history.   

1832  Alfred von Waldersee, Prussian fieldmarshal was born on this day in history.   

1842  On this day in history birth of elizabeth Bacon Custer, wife of George Armstrong Custer (d. 1933)   

1843  Asger Hamerik, [Hammerich], composer was born on April - 08.   

1850  William Henry Welch, US, pathologist (founded John Hopkins) was born on this day in history.   

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0217  On this day in history 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 this day in history jan II, the Good, King of France (1350-64), dies at 44   

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

1537  Willem Aerts, Flemish architect, dies on April - 08.