Page 3: Historical Events In April - 08

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

1848  On April - 08 1st battle at Gioto: Sardinia-Piemonte beats Austrians   

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

1850  On this day in history sF County Govt established   

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

1851  On April - 08 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 this day in history.   

1858  Anton Diabelli, Austrian composer/publisher, dies at 76 on April - 08.   

1859  Edmund Husserl, Germany, philosopher (founded Phenomenology) on April - 08.   

1861  On April - 08 uS mint at Dahlonega, Georgia seized by confederacy   

1861  Elisha G Otis, US elevator builder (Otis), dies at 50 on April - 08.   

1862  On April - 08 john D Lynde patents aerosol dispenser   

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  On April - 08 battle of Mansfield, La Federals routed by Gen Richard Taylor   

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

1865  John Park, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1866  Italy and Prussia ally against Austria-Hungary on April - 08.   

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

1867  International Exhibition opens in Paris on April - 08.   

1868  Hampton Institute opens on April - 08.   

1869  American Museum of Natural History opens (NYC) on this day in history.   

1869  On April - 08 harvey Cushing, US, neurosurgeon (blood pressure studies)   

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

1870  Charles-Auguste de Beriot, Belgian violinist/composer, dies at 68 on April - 08.   

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

1873  On April - 08 alfred Paraf of New York City patented the first successful oleomargarine.   

1873  British White Star steamship Atlantic sinks off Nova Scotia, 547 die on this day in history.   

1875  On April - 08 albert I LCMM von Saksen-Coburg, king of Belgium (1909-34)   

1876  Amiliare Ponchielli's opera "La Gioconda," premieres in Milan on April - 08.   

1878  On April - 08 rudolf Nelson, composer   

1879  Khedive Ismael of Egypt fires French/British ministers on April - 08.   

1880  On April - 08 victor Schertzinger, composer/director (Uptown NY)   

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1320  On April - 08 birth of king Peter I of Portugal (d. 1367)   

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 April - 08.   

1541  On this day in history birth of michele Mercati, Italian physician (d. 1593)   

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  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   

0217  Death of Caracalla, [Marcus Antoniius], Roman emperor (198-217), murdered at 29 on this day in history.   

0956  Death of Gilbert of Chalon, Duke of Burgundy on this day in history.   

1143  John II Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium (1118-43), dies in an accident on April - 08.   

1364  Jan II, the Good, King of France (1350-64), dies at 44 on this day in history.   

1461  On this day in history death of georg Purbach, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1423)   

1492  On this day in history lorenzo I de' Medici"il Magnifico", ruler of Florence (1469-92), dies   

1498  On April - 08 death of charles VIII, King of France (1483-98), beheaded at 27   

1537  On April - 08 willem Aerts, Flemish architect, dies