April 8th, 1530

Born on April 8th, 1530

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on April 8th?

April 8th, 1968

BOAC Flight 712 experienced an engine fire shortly after take-off from London Heathrow, leading to the deaths of five people on board, including flight attendant Jane Harrison, who was posthumously awarded a George Cross for heroism.

April 8th, 1959

A team of computer scientists and others met to discuss the creation of a common business-oriented programming language, which became COBOL.

April 8th, 1943

Otto and Elise Hampel were executed in Berlin for performing acts of resistance against Nazism.

April 8th, 1942

World War II: The United States Army Air Forces flew its first mission from India over the Hump (the eastern end of the Himalayas) to deliver materiel to China.

April 8th, 1933

The Australian state of Western Australia voted to secede from the federation, but efforts to implement the result proved to be unsuccessful.

April 8th, 1911

American cartoonist Winsor McCay released the silent short film Little Nemo (featured), one of the earliest animated films.

April 8th, 1904

France and the United Kingdom signed the Entente Cordiale, agreeing to a peaceful coexistence after centuries of intermittent conflict.

April 8th, 1864

American Civil War: Late-arriving reinforcements helped Confederate forces rout the Union Army at the Battle of Mansfield.

April 8th, 1630

Kiliaen van Rensselaer purchased land near present-day Albany, New York, to establish Rensselaerswyck, which became the most successful patroonship under the Dutch West India Company.

April 8th, 1271

Crusades: The Knights Hospitaller surrendered the Krak des Chevaliers, a castle in present-day Syria, to the army of the Mamluk sultan Baybars.

April 8th, 0876

Abbasid forces decisively defeated the Saffarid emir Ya'qub ibn Laith, forcing the latter to halt his advance into Iraq.

April 8th, 0217

Roman emperor Caracalla (pictured) was assassinated near Harran and succeeded by his Praetorian Guard prefect Macrinus.

April 8th, 1820

The Venus de Milo, an ancient Greek statue of a woman with its arms missing, was discovered on the island of Milos.

April 8th, 1960

The Netherlands and West Germany sign an agreement to negotiate the return of German land annexed by the Dutch in return for 280 million German marks as Wiedergutmachung.

April 8th, 1959

The Organization of American States drafts an agreement to create the Inter-American Development Bank.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on April 8th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on April 8th?

52

Michele Mercati

Italian polyhistor (1541-1593)

*April 8th, 1541, San Miniato †June 25th, 1593, Rome

22

Josie Nelson

British cyclist

*April 8th, 2002, Burton upon Trent

44

Katee Sackhoff

American actress

*April 8th, 1980, Portland

55

Arabella Kiesbauer

German talk show host

*April 8th, 1969, Vienna

63

Hans-Georg von der Marwitz

German politician

*April 8th, 1961, Heidelberg

80

Kofi Annan

7th Secretary-General of the United Nations (1938-2018)

*April 8th, 1938, Kumasi †August 18th, 2018, Bern

77

Ulrich Manthe

German legal scientist and legal historian

*April 8th, 1947, Homburg

48

Miho Tanaka

Badminton player

*April 8th, 1976, Saga Prefecture

27

Face

Russian rapper

*April 8th, 1997, Ufa

49

Keiko Yoshitomi

Japanese badminton player

*April 8th, 1975, Fukuoka Prefecture

77

Robert Kiyosaki

American finance author and investor

*April 8th, 1947, Hilo

48

Maja Pohar

Badminton player

*April 8th, 1976, Ljubljana

20

Liu Shengshu

Chinese badminton player

*April 8th, 2004, Liaoning

60

Philip IV of Spain

King of Spain and Portugal (1605-1665)

*April 8th, 1605, Valladolid Royal Palace †September 17th, 1665, Cuarto bajo del Rey

61

Dean Norris

American actor

*April 8th, 1963, South Bend

66

Hugo von Mohl

German botanist (1805–1872)

*April 8th, 1805, Stuttgart †April 1st, 1872, Tübingen

93

Adrian Boult

British conductor

*April 8th, 1889, Chester †February 22nd, 1983, London

73

Karl Scherm

German association football player (1904-1977)

*April 8th, 1904, Nuremberg †June 30th, 1977, Nuremberg

67

Eric Porter

British actor (1928-1995)

*April 8th, 1928, Shepherd's Bush †May 15th, 1995, London

74

Glendon Swarthout

1918-1992 American writer

*April 8th, 1918, Pinckney †September 23rd, 1992, Scottsdale

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53

Ivan IV Vasilyevich

Tsar of Russia from 1547 to 1584

*August 25th, 1530, Kolomenskoye †March 18th, 1584, Moscow

48

Uesugi Kenshin

Japanese daimyo

*February 18th, 1530, Kasugayama Castle †April 19th, 1578, Kasugayama Castle

38

Louis, Prince of Condé

French general, Huguenot leader and founder of the House of Bourbon-Condé (1530-1569)

*May 7th, 1530, Vendôme †March 13th, 1569, Jarnac

71

Claude Fauchet

French official, historian and antiquary (1530–1602)

*July 3rd, 1530, Paris †January 1st, 1602, Paris

77

Lucas Bacmeister

German theologian and university teacher (1530-1608)

*October 18th, 1530, Lüneburg †July 9th, 1608, Rostock

32

Étienne de La Boétie

French judge, writer and philosopher

*November 1st, 1530, Sarlat-la-Canéda †August 18th, 1563, Le Taillan-Médoc

48

François de Montmorency

Marshal of France (1530-1579)

*June 17th, 1530, Chantilly †May 6th, 1579, Écouen

72

David Peifer

German jurist (1530-1602)

*January 3rd, 1530, Leipzig †February 2nd, 1602, Dresden

56

Jan Rubens

Flemish politician, father of Peter Paul Rubens (1530-1587)

*March 13th, 1530, Antwerp †March 1st, 1587, Cologne

67

Stanislaus Bornbach

Polish author and historian (1530-1597)

*January 14th, 1530, Warsaw †March 27th, 1597, Gdańsk

35

Ranuccio Farnese

Italian prelate who was Cardinal of Santa Lucia in Selci

*August 11th, 1530, Valentano †October 29th, 1565, Parma

59

Giambattista Benedetti

Mathematician from Italy

*August 14th, 1530, Venice †January 20th, 1590, Turin

81

Louis III, Count of Löwenstein

Count of Löwenstein (1530-1611)

*February 17th, 1530, Vaihingen an der Enz †March 13th, 1611, Wertheim

76

Joachim Strupp

German author (1530-1606)

*April 6th, 1530, Grünberg †June 18th, 1606, Darmstadt

79

Valentin Forster

German jurist (1530-1609)

*January 20th, 1530, Lutherstadt Wittenberg †October 28th, 1609, Helmstedt

42

John William, Duke of Saxe-Weimar

German Duke (1530-1573)

*March 11th, 1530, Torgau †March 2nd, 1573, Weimar

38

Onofrio Panvinio

Italian historian and antiquary (1529-1568)

*February 23rd, 1530, Verona †April 27th, 1568, Palermo

40

Gaspar de Bono

Spanish friar

*January 5th, 1530, Valencia †January 1st, 1571, Valencia

85

Bernardino Realino

Italian Jesuit

*December 1st, 1530, Carpi †July 2nd, 1616, Lecce

52

Vratislav von Pernstein

Czech nobleman (1530-1582)

*July 9th, 1530, Velké Meziříčí †October 27th, 1582, Linz

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1530 is a normal year and no leap year.

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