Famous Personalities Born In April - 08

1320  King Peter I of Portugal (d. 1367) was born on April - 08.   

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  On this day in history birth of louis de Vadder, Flemish painter   

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

1631  Cornelis de Heem, painter was born on April - 08.   

1641  On this day in history birth of henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney, English statesman (d. 1704)   

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

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 this day in history birth of johann C Gunther, writer   

1697  On April - 08 birth of pierre Prowo, composer   

1708  On this day in history birth of georg Zarth, composer   

1726  Lewis Morris, US farmer (signed Decl of Independence) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1741  Jose B da Gama, Portuguese poet (O Uraguai) was born on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1783  On April - 08 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  Pancha Carrasco, Costa Rican war heroine (d. 1890) was born on this day in history.   

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  Elizabeth Bacon Custer, wife of George Armstrong Custer (d. 1933) was born on April - 08.   

1843  Asger Hamerik, [Hammerich], composer was born on this day in history.   

1850  On April - 08 birth of william Henry Welch, US, pathologist (founded John Hopkins)   

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0217  On April - 08 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  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 this day in history.   

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

1492  Lorenzo I de' Medici"il Magnifico", ruler of Florence (1469-92), dies on April - 08.   

1498  On this day in history death of charles VIII, King of France (1483-98), beheaded at 27   

1537  Willem Aerts, Flemish architect, dies on April - 08.