Page 3: Historical Events In April - 08

1844  On April - 08 ignaz Franz von Mosel, composer, dies at 72   

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

1848  On this day in history domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti, Italian composer, dies at 50   

1850  On this day in history sF County Govt established   

1850  On this day in history william Henry Welch, US, pathologist (founded John Hopkins)   

1851  John Parry, composer, dies at 75 on April - 08.   

1853  On April - 08 cincinnati became first US city to pay firefighters a regular salary   

1853  Jan W Pieneman, historical painter (Battle at Waterloo), dies at 73 on April - 08.   

1858  On this day in history anton Diabelli, Austrian composer/publisher, dies at 76   

1859  Edmund Husserl, Germany, philosopher (founded Phenomenology) on this day in history.   

1861  On this day in history 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 April - 08.   

1863  Joseph Netherclift, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1864  Battle of Mansfield, La Federals routed by Gen Richard Taylor on April - 08.   

1865  On April - 08 battle of 5 Forks, signalling end of Lee's army   

1865  On this day in history john Park, composer, dies at 61   

1866  On April - 08 italy and Prussia ally against Austria-Hungary.   

1867  On this day in history blacks vote in municipal election in Tuscumbia, Alabama   

1867  International Exhibition opens in Paris on April - 08.   

1868  On April - 08 hampton Institute opens   

1869  American Museum of Natural History opens (NYC) on April - 08.   

1869  On this day in history 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  On this day in history charles-Louis Hanssens, composer, dies at 68   

1873  Alfred Paraf of New York City patented the first successful oleomargarine on this day in history.   

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

1875  On this day in history albert I LCMM von Saksen-Coburg, king of Belgium (1909-34)   

1876  On April - 08 amiliare Ponchielli's opera "La Gioconda," premieres in Milan   

1878  Rudolf Nelson, composer on April - 08.   

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

1880  Victor Schertzinger, composer/director (Uptown NY) on this day in history.   

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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 this day in history birth of claudio Merulo, organist/composer   

1541  Michele Mercati, Italian physician (d. 1593) was born on this day in history.   

1582  On this day in history birth of phienas Fletcher, poet   

1605  Louis de Vadder, Flemish painter was born on April - 08.   

1605  On April - 08 birth of philip IV, King of Spain & Portugal (1621-65)   

1631  Cornelis de Heem, painter was born on this day in history.   

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  On April - 08 john II Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium (1118-43), dies in an accident   

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

1461  Death of Georg Purbach, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1423) on this day in history.   

1492  On April - 08 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  Willem Aerts, Flemish architect, dies on April - 08.