April 8th, 1607

Born on April 8th, 1607

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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?

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

22

Josie Nelson

British cyclist

*April 8th, 2002, Burton upon Trent

52

Michele Mercati

Italian polyhistor (1541-1593)

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

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

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

2

Mary Stuart

English-Scottish princess; third daughter and sixth child of King James VI of Scotland and Anne of Denmark

*April 8th, 1605, Palace of Placentia †September 16th, 1607, Stanwell

67

Eric Porter

British actor (1928-1995)

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

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Born in 1607

69

Paul Gerhardt

German Lutheran theologian and hymn writer (1607-1676)

*March 12th, 1607, Gräfenhainichen †May 27th, 1676, Lübben

69

Wenceslaus Hollar

Czech cartographer, painter of nature, portrait painter and engraver

*July 13th, 1607, Prague †March 25th, 1677, London

63

Sebastian von Rostock

German bishop (1607-1671)

*August 24th, 1607, Grodków †June 9th, 1671, Wrocław

54

John Kemény

Prince of Transylvania (1607-1662)

*December 14th, 1607, Bichiș †January 23rd, 1662, Daneș

69

Michiel de Ruyter

Dutch admiral (1607-1676)

*March 24th, 1607, Vlissingen †April 29th, 1676, Syracuse

93

Madeleine de Scudéry

French writer (1607–1701)

*November 15th, 1607, Le Havre †June 2nd, 1701, Paris

70

Anna Maria van Schurman

Dutch painter (1607-1678)

*November 5th, 1607, Cologne †May 4th, 1678, Wiuwert

30

John Harvard

English-American clergyman and philanthropist

*November 26th, 1607, Southwark †September 14th, 1638, Charlestown

40

Francisco de Rojas Zorrilla

Spanish writer

*October 4th, 1607, Toledo †January 23rd, 1648, Madrid

39

Isaac Jogues

Beatified Martyred Jesuit Priest

*January 15th, 1607, Orléans †October 18th, 1646, Auriesville

60

Johann von Rist

German poet and dramatist

*March 8th, 1607, Hamburg †August 31st, 1667, Wedel

53

Barbe D'Ernecourt Saint-Balmon

French writer (1606-1660)

*May 14th, 1607, Neuville-en-Verdunois †May 22nd, 1660, Neuville-en-Verdunois

44

James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby

English Royalist peer (1607-1651)

*January 31st, 1607, Knowsley Hall †October 15th, 1651, Bolton

53

Étienne de Flacourt

French colonial governor and scholar (1607–1660)

*January 1st, 1607, Orléans †June 10th, 1660, Atlantic Ocean

63

Antonio Barberini

Italian cardinal (1607-1671), nephew of Pope Urban VIII

*August 5th, 1607, Rome †August 3rd, 1671, Nemi

54

Giovanni Francesco Loredano

Italian writer

*February 27th, 1607, Venice †August 13th, 1661, Peschiera del Garda

63

Andreas Heinrich Bucholtz

German writer, poet, theologian and translator

*November 25th, 1607, Schöningen †May 20th, 1671, Brunswick

55

Conrad Barthels

German theologian (1607-1662)

*January 6th, 1607, Halberstadt †February 17th, 1662, Meissen

50

Johann Benedict Carpzov

German theologian

*June 22nd, 1607, Rochlitz †October 22nd, 1657, Leipzig

63

Hans Siegmund Liebenau

German amtshauptmann

*November 17th, 1607, Pirna †September 14th, 1671, Dresden

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1607 is a normal year and no leap year.

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