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Apr 08 1320

Pedro I King of Portugal (also called the Just or the Cruel) King of Portugal and of the Algarves (1357-67) born in Coimbra Portugal (d. 1367)

Apr 08 1582

Phineas Fletcher English poet born in Cranbrook (d. 1650)

Apr 08 1641

Henry Sydney 1st Earl of Romney English statesman (d. 1704)

Apr 08 1692

Giuseppe Tartini Venetian Baroque composer and violinist (Trillo del Diavolo) born in Piran Venice (d. 1770)

Apr 08 1695

Johann Christian Gunther German poet born in Striegau Silesia (d. 1723)

Apr 08 1697

Pierre Prowo German composer born in Altona (d. 1757)

Apr 08 1708

Georg Zarth Bohemian composer born in Hochtann Bohemia (d. 1778)

Apr 08 1726

Lewis Morris US farmer (signed Declaration of Independence)

Apr 08 1731

William Williams US merchant (signed Declaration of Independence)

Apr 08 1732

David Rittenhouse American astronomer inventor and mathematician (d. 1796)

Apr 08 1775

Adam A earl von Neipperg Austrian generalNapoleons wife Marie lover

Apr 08 1783

John Claudius horticulturist born in London England

Apr 08 1826

Pancha Carrasco Costa Rican war heroine (d. 1890)

Apr 08 1827

Ramn Emeterio Betances Puerto Rican politician medical doctor and diplomat (d. 1898)

Apr 08 1828

George Baird Hodge Brigadier General (Confederate Army)

Apr 08 1831

Allard Pierson Dutch theologiostphilosopherart historianpoet

Apr 08 1842

Elizabeth Bacon Custer wife of George Armstrong Custer (d. 1933)

Apr 08 1850

William H. Welch American pathologist who founded John Hopkins Hospital born in Norfolk Connecticut (d. 1934)

Apr 08 1859

Edmund Husserl German philosopher (founded Phenomenology)

Apr 08 1865

Charles W. Woodworth American entomologist (d. 1940)

Apr 08 1869

Harvey Cushing American neurosurgeon (blood pressure studies)

Apr 08 1871

Clarence Hudson White American photographer (d. 1925)

Apr 08 1875

Albert I LCMM von Saksen-Coburg king of Belgium (1909-34)

Apr 08 1880

Victor Schertzinger composerdirector (Uptown NY)

Apr 08 1887

Walter Connolly American actor (Good Earth 5th Avenue Girl) born in Cincinnati Ohio (d. 1940)

Apr 08 1889

Adrian Boult Chester England conductorcomposer (BBC Sym Orchestra)

Apr 08 1893

Grace Cunard American silent screen actress (Resurrection) born in Columbus Ohio (d. 1967)

Apr 08 1895

Bert Gordon [Barney Gorodetsky] Comedian born in NYC New York (d. 1974)

Apr 08 1896

Yip Harburg [Isidore Hochberg] American lyricist (Somewhere Over The Rainbow) born in NYC New York (d. 1981)

Apr 08 1897

Herbert Eimert German composermusicologist (Glockenspiel)

Apr 08 1898

Achiel H Acker Belgian premier (1945-46 1954-58)

Apr 08 1898

Cecil [Maurice] Bowra British classics expert (Greek experience)

Apr 08 1902

Arthur Wellard cricketer (big hitting Somerset & England batsman)

Apr 08 1093 The new Winchester Cathedral is dedicated by bishop Walkelin

Apr 08 1149 Pope Eugene III takes refuge in the castle of Ptolemy II of Tusculum

Apr 08 1195 Alexius III Angelus drives out brother Isaak II as Byzantine emperor

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