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    This Is HISTORY | Birthdays

    May 08 1326

    Joan I Countess of Auvergne queen of France (1350-60) (d. 1360)

    May 08 1460

    Frederick I Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1486-1536) born in Ansbach Bavaria Germany (d. 1536)

    May 08 1492

    Andrea Alciato Italian lawyer and writer born in Alzate Brianza Milan Italy (d. 1550)

    May 08 1521

    Saint Peter Canisius Dutch Jesuit Catholic priest born in Nijmegen Netherlands (d. 1597)

    May 08 1527

    Johann Walter German composer born in Kahla (d. 1570)

    May 08 1587

    Victor Amadeus I Duke of Savoy (1630-37) born in Turin Piedmont Savoy (d. 1637)

    May 08 1592

    Francis Quarles English poet (Argalus & Parthenia Emblems) born in Romford Essex (d. 1644)

    May 08 1622

    Claes Rlamb Swedish statesman born in Stockholm Sweden (d. 1698)

    May 08 1629

    Niels Juel Danish-Norwegian admiral born in Christiania Norway (d. 1697)

    May 08 1632

    Heino Heinrich Graf von Flemming German field marshal and Governor of Berlin born in Mierzcin Poland (d. 1706)

    May 08 1641

    Nicolaas Witsen Dutch statesman and mayor of Amsterdam born in Amsterdam (d. 1717)

    May 08 1653

    Claude-Louis-Hector de Villars Marshal of France born in Moulins France (d. 1734)

    May 08 1670

    Charles Beauclerk 1st Duke of St Albans English soldier (d. 1726)

    May 08 1673

    Johann Valentin Eckelt German composer born in Werningshausen Germany (d. 1732)

    May 08 1703

    Gottlob Harrer German composer born in Grlitz (d. 1755)

    May 08 1720

    William Cavendish 4th Duke of Devonshire 5th Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1756-57) born in Hardwicke England (d. 1764)

    May 08 1735

    Sir Nathaniel Dance-Holland English painter born in London (d. 1811)

    May 08 1738

    Mikhail Kamensky Russian field marshal born in Russian Empire (d. 1809)

    May 08 1742

    Jean-Baptiste Krumpholtz Czech composer born in Budenice Zlonice Czech Republic (d. 1790)

    May 08 1745

    Carl Philipp Stamitz German composer born in Mannheim Germany (d. 1801)

    May 08 1750

    Elias Mann American composer born in Weymouth Massachusetts (d. 1825)

    May 08 1753

    Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla father of Mexican independence born in Pnjamo Guanajuato Viceroyalty of New Spain (d. 1811)

    May 08 1778

    Johann Baptist Gansbacher Austrian composer born in Sterzing Tyrol Italy (d. 1844)

    May 08 1786

    Thomas Hancock British engineer founded British rubber industry born in Malborough Wilshire (d. 1865)

    May 08 1786

    Jean Vianney French Catholic priest born in Dardilly Lyonnais Kingdom of France (d. 1859)

    May 08 1803

    Joseph Napoleon Ney French politician born in Paris (d. 1857)

    May 08 1806

    Johann Friedrich Kittl Czech composer born in Orlk Bohemia (d. 1868)

    May 08 1810

    James Cooper American lawyer politician and Brigadier General (Union Army) born in Frederick County Maryland (d. 1863)

    May 08 1814

    Mikhail Bakunin Russian revolutionary anarchist born in Pryamukhino Tver Governorate of the Russian Empire (d. 1876)

    May 08 1815

    Jean-Delphin Alard French violinist and composer born in Bayonne France (d. 1888)

    May 08 1821

    William Henry Vanderbilt American businessman member of the Vanderbilt family born in New Brunswick New Jersey (d. 1885)

    May 08 1824

    William Walker American physician and president of Nicaragua (1856-57) born in Nashville Tennessee (d. 1860)

    May 08 1825

    George Bruce Malleson English officer in India and author born in Wimbledon London (d. 1898)

    HISTORICAL EVENTS | ON THIS DAY

    May 08 1360 Treaty of Brtigny signed by English & French ending the first phase of the Hundred Years War

    May 08 1450 Jack Cades Rebellion Kentishmen revolt against King Henry VI

    May 08 1624 Hungarian King Bethlen Gabor & Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II sign Treaty of Vienna

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