April 8th, 1803

Born on April 8th, 1803

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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?

66

Hugo von Mohl

German botanist (1805–1872)

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

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

77

Robert Kiyosaki

American finance author and investor

*April 8th, 1947, Hilo

49

Keiko Yoshitomi

Japanese badminton player

*April 8th, 1975, Fukuoka Prefecture

27

Face

Russian rapper

*April 8th, 1997, Ufa

48

Maja Pohar

Badminton player

*April 8th, 1976, Ljubljana

87

Christian IX of Denmark

King of Denmark from 1863 to 1906

*April 8th, 1818, Gottorf Castle †January 29th, 1906, Amalienborg

20

Liu Shengshu

Chinese badminton player

*April 8th, 2004, Liaoning

52

Michele Mercati

Italian polyhistor (1541-1593)

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

74

Philipp Christoph Zeller

German entomologist (1808–1883)

*April 8th, 1808, Steinheim an der Murr †March 27th, 1883, Szczecin

61

Dean Norris

American actor

*April 8th, 1963, South Bend

93

Adrian Boult

British conductor

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

78

Roberto de Visiani

Italian botanist (1800-1878)

*April 8th, 1800, Šibenik †May 4th, 1878, Padua

73

Karl Scherm

German association football player (1904-1977)

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

Same year
Born in 1803

65

Hector Berlioz

French composer and conductor (1803–1869)

*December 11th, 1803, La Côte-Saint-André †March 8th, 1869, Paris

49

Christian Doppler

Austrian mathematician, physicist (1803–1853)

*November 29th, 1803, Salzburg †March 17th, 1853, Venice

71

Ernst Helwing

German historian

*October 4th, 1803, Lemgo †April 25th, 1875

78

Ralph Waldo Emerson

American philosopher (1803–1882)

*May 25th, 1803, Boston †April 27th, 1882, Concord

51

Léon Faucher

French economist, journalist and politician (1803-1854)

*September 8th, 1803, Limoges †December 14th, 1854, Marseille

69

Edward Bulwer-Lytton

British statesman and author (1803–1873)

*May 25th, 1803, London †January 18th, 1873, Torquay

63

Salomon Munk

German-born Jewish-French Orientalist (1803–1867)

*May 14th, 1803, Głogów †February 5th, 1867, Paris

66

Prosper Mérimée

French writer, historian, and translator (1803-1870)

*September 28th, 1803, Paris †September 23rd, 1870, Cannes

43

Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard Grandville

French caricaturist (1803-1847)

*September 13th, 1803, Nancy †March 17th, 1847, Vanves

75

Albrecht von Roon

Prussian general (1803-1879)

*April 30th, 1803, Pleśna, West Pomeranian Voivodeship †February 23rd, 1879, Berlin

75

Jacob Abbott

American writer of children's books (1803-1879)

*November 14th, 1803, Hallowell †October 31st, 1879, Farmington

69

Justus von Liebig

German chemist (1803-1873)

*May 12th, 1803, Darmstadt †April 18th, 1873, Munich

80

Maria Doolaeghe

Flemish poet and writer (1803-1884)

*October 25th, 1803, Diksmuide †April 7th, 1884, Diksmuide

69

Fyodor Tyutchev

Russian poet (1803-1873)

*November 23rd, 1803, Ovstug †July 15th, 1873, Pushkin

89

Princess Alexandrine of Prussia

Third daughter and sixth child of Frederick William III of Prussia

*February 23rd, 1803, Berlin †April 21st, 1892, Schwerin

82

Alphonse Toussenel

French naturalist, writer and journalist

*March 17th, 1803, Montreuil-Bellay †April 30th, 1885, Paris

78

George Borrow

English author (1803–1881)

*July 5th, 1803, Dereham †July 26th, 1881, Lowestoft

75

William Allen

American politician, 31st Governor of Ohio (1803-1879)

*December 18th, 1803, Edenton †July 11th, 1879, Chillicothe

30

Johann Christian Ziegler

German painter (1803-1833)

*February 7th, 1803, Wunsiedel †June 18th, 1833, Munich

87

Friedrich Arnold

German anatomist and physiologist

*January 8th, 1803, Edenkoben †July 4th, 1890, Heidelberg

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1803 is a normal year and no leap year.

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