Famous Birthdays In April - 08

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  On April - 08 birth of claudio Merulo, organist/composer   

1541  On April - 08 birth of michele Mercati, Italian physician (d. 1593)   

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 this day in history.   

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

1641  Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney, English statesman (d. 1704) was born on April - 08.   

1642  Gerard Callenbach, Dutch admiral was born on this day in history.   

1655  Louis Willem I, Margrave (Baden-Baden) was born on this day in history.   

1692  On this day in history birth of giuseppe Tartini, Italy, violinist/composer (Trillo del Diavolo)   

1695  On April - 08 birth of johann C Gunther, writer   

1697  Pierre Prowo, composer was born on April - 08.   

1708  On April - 08 birth of georg Zarth, composer   

1726  Lewis Morris, US farmer (signed Decl of Independence) was born on April - 08.   

1731  On April - 08 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 April - 08 birth of jose B da Gama, Portuguese poet (O Uraguai)   

1756  Joseph Gehot, composer was born on this day in history.   

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 April - 08 birth of dionysios Solomos, poet   

1816  Frederick William Burton, painter was born on this day in history.   

1818  Christaan IX, king of Denmark (1863-1906) was born on April - 08.   

1826  Pancha Carrasco, Costa Rican war heroine (d. 1890) was born on April - 08.   

1827  Ramón Emeterio Betances, Puerto Rican politician, medical doctor and diplomat (d. 1898) was born on April - 08.   

1828  On this day in history birth of george Baird Hodge, Brig General (Confederate Army)   

1831  On April - 08 birth of allard Pierson, Dutch theologiost/philosopher/art historian/poet   

1832  On April - 08 birth of alfred von Waldersee, Prussian fieldmarshal   

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 this day in history.   

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  On this day in history death of gilbert of Chalon, Duke of Burgundy   

1143  On April - 08 john II Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium (1118-43), dies in an accident   

1364  On April - 08 jan II, the Good, King of France (1350-64), dies at 44   

1461  Death of Georg Purbach, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1423) on April - 08.   

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