April 8th, 1768

Born on April 8th, 1768

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What happened on April 8th?

April 8th, 1917

World War I: German naval officer Wilhelm Werner murdered 19 captured crew members of the British cargo ship Torrington by submerging U-55 when they were on deck.

April 8th, 2008

On board Soyuz TMA-12, Yi So-yeon became the first Korean astronaut.

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, 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 (pictured), 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.

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

Same year
Born in 1768

29

Lazare Hoche

French general (1768–1797)

*June 24th, 1768, Versailles †September 19th, 1797, Wetzlar

57

Marie-Guillemine Benoist

French painter (1768–1826)

*December 18th, 1768, Paris †October 8th, 1826, Paris

70

Jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin

French Navy officer

*October 13th, 1768, Honfleur †April 23rd, 1839, Paris

67

Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor

Also known as Francis I, Emperor of Austria (1768-1835)

*February 12th, 1768, Florence †March 2nd, 1835, Vienna

62

Benjamin Carr

American composer

*September 12th, 1768, London †May 24th, 1831, Philadelphia

65

Friedrich Schleiermacher

German theologian, philosopher, and biblical scholar (1768-1834)

*November 21st, 1768, Wrocław †February 12th, 1834, Berlin

24

Charlotte Corday

Figure of the French Revolution (1768-1793)

*July 27th, 1768, Ligneries †July 17th, 1793, place de la Concorde

64

Kaʻahumanu

Queen consort of Hawaii (1768–1832)

*March 17th, 1768, Maui †June 5th, 1832, Manoa

53

Caroline of Brunswick

Queen consort of King George IV of the United Kingdom (1768-1821)

*May 17th, 1768, Schloss Richmond †August 7th, 1821, Hammersmith

56

Buddha Loetla Nabhalai

King of Siam

*February 24th, 1768, Ratchaburi †July 21st, 1824, Bangkok

43

Joseph Dennie

American writer and editor (1768-1812)

*August 30th, 1768, Boston †January 7th, 1812

81

Maria Edgeworth

Irish writer (1768-1849)

*January 1st, 1768, Oxfordshire †May 22nd, 1849, Edgeworthstown

70

Nicolas-Jean Rouppe

Belgian politician

*April 17th, 1768, Rotterdam †August 3rd, 1838, Brussels

44

Jean-Baptiste Bessières

Marshal of France (1768-1813)

*August 6th, 1768, Prayssac †May 1st, 1813, Rippach

69

Juliane Wilhelmine Bause

German artist, 1768-1837

*January 1st, 1768, Leipzig †January 1st, 1837, Leipzig

35

Pauline de Beaumont

French salon-holder

*July 31st, 1768, Mussy-sur-Seine †November 4th, 1803, Rome

63

John Hayes

Commodore of Bombay Marine and explorer for the British East India Company

*February 11th, 1768, Cumberland †July 3rd, 1831, Cocos (Keeling) Islands

62

Johann Georg Heinrich Backofen

German clarinetist, composer and painter

*July 6th, 1768, Durlach †July 10th, 1830, Darmstadt

71

Christopher Grant Champlin

American politician (1768–1840)

*April 12th, 1768, Newport †March 18th, 1840, Newport

54

Zacharias Werner

German poet, dramatist and priest

*November 18th, 1768, Königsberg †January 17th, 1823, Vienna

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Leap year

Yes: 1768 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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