Famous Personalities Born In April - 08
Wednesday, 02 April 2025
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 this day in history birth of michele Mercati, Italian physician (d. 1593)
1582 Phienas Fletcher, poet was born on April - 08.
1605 On April - 08 birth of louis de Vadder, Flemish painter
1605 Philip IV, King of Spain & Portugal (1621-65) was born on April - 08.
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 On April - 08 birth of gerard Callenbach, Dutch admiral
1655 On this day in history birth of louis Willem I, Margrave (Baden-Baden)
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 On April - 08 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 this day in history.
1775 On April - 08 birth of adam A earl von Neipperg, Austrian general/Napoleon's wife Marie lover
1776 Thaddaus Weigl, composer was born on April - 08.
1783 On this day in history birth of john Claudius, London England, horticulturist
1798 Dionysios Solomos, poet was born on this day in history.
1816 On April - 08 birth of frederick William Burton, painter
1818 Christaan IX, king of Denmark (1863-1906) was born on this day in history.
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 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 Alfred von Waldersee, Prussian fieldmarshal was born on April - 08.
1842 On this day in history birth of elizabeth Bacon Custer, wife of George Armstrong Custer (d. 1933)
1843 On this day in history birth of asger Hamerik, [Hammerich], composer
1850 On this day in history birth of william Henry Welch, US, pathologist (founded John Hopkins)