Famous Personalities Born In April - 08

1320  On this day in history 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  On April - 08 birth of claudio Merulo, organist/composer   

1541  Michele Mercati, Italian physician (d. 1593) was born on April - 08.   

1582  Phienas Fletcher, poet was born on this day in history.   

1605  Louis de Vadder, Flemish painter was born on this day in history.   

1605  On this day in history birth of philip IV, King of Spain & Portugal (1621-65)   

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

1641  Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney, English statesman (d. 1704) was born on this day in history.   

1642  On this day in history birth of gerard Callenbach, Dutch admiral   

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 this day in history birth of johann C Gunther, writer   

1697  On this day in history birth of pierre Prowo, composer   

1708  Georg Zarth, composer was born on April - 08.   

1726  On April - 08 birth of lewis Morris, US farmer (signed Decl of Independence)   

1731  William Williams, US merchant (signed Decl of Independence) was born on this day in history.   

1732  On April - 08 birth of david Rittenhouse, American astronomer, inventor, and mathematician (d. 1796)   

1741  On April - 08 birth of jose B da Gama, Portuguese poet (O Uraguai)   

1756  Joseph Gehot, composer was born on April - 08.   

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

1776  Thaddaus Weigl, composer was born on April - 08.   

1783  John Claudius, London England, horticulturist was born on April - 08.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1827  On April - 08 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 this day in history.   

1831  On this day in history birth of allard Pierson, Dutch theologiost/philosopher/art historian/poet   

1832  On this day in history birth of alfred von Waldersee, Prussian fieldmarshal   

1842  Elizabeth Bacon Custer, wife of George Armstrong Custer (d. 1933) was born on this day in history.   

1843  On this day in history birth of asger Hamerik, [Hammerich], composer   

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

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

0956  On April - 08 death of gilbert of Chalon, Duke of Burgundy   

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  On April - 08 lorenzo I de' Medici"il Magnifico", ruler of Florence (1469-92), dies   

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

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