Famous Birthdays In April - 08
Thursday, 17 October 2024
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 this day in history.
1533 On April - 08 birth of claudio Merulo, organist/composer
1541 On April - 08 birth of michele Mercati, Italian physician (d. 1593)
1582 On April - 08 birth of phienas Fletcher, poet
1605 Louis de Vadder, Flemish painter was born on April - 08.
1605 Philip IV, King of Spain & Portugal (1621-65) was born on April - 08.
1631 On this day in history 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 On April - 08 birth of louis Willem I, Margrave (Baden-Baden)
1692 Giuseppe Tartini, Italy, violinist/composer (Trillo del Diavolo) was born on April - 08.
1695 On April - 08 birth of johann C Gunther, writer
1697 Pierre Prowo, composer was born on this day in history.
1708 Georg Zarth, composer was born on April - 08.
1726 Lewis Morris, US farmer (signed Decl of Independence) was born on April - 08.
1731 William Williams, US merchant (signed Decl of Independence) was born on April - 08.
1732 On April - 08 birth of david Rittenhouse, American astronomer, inventor, and mathematician (d. 1796)
1741 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
1783 On April - 08 birth of john Claudius, London England, horticulturist
1798 On this day in history 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 On April - 08 birth of pancha Carrasco, Costa Rican war heroine (d. 1890)
1827 Ramón Emeterio Betances, Puerto Rican politician, medical doctor and diplomat (d. 1898) was born on this day in history.
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 On April - 08 birth of alfred von Waldersee, Prussian fieldmarshal
1842 On April - 08 birth of elizabeth Bacon Custer, wife of George Armstrong Custer (d. 1933)
1843 On April - 08 birth of asger Hamerik, [Hammerich], composer
1850 On April - 08 birth of william Henry Welch, US, pathologist (founded John Hopkins)