8th April anniversaries

• Birth
  • 1336
  • Turkey
  • Birth of Tamerlane more
  • 1859
  • Austria
  • "Birth of Edmund Husserl, Austrian philosopher, founder of phenomenology"
  • 1929
  • Belgium
  • "Birth of Jacques Brel, Belgian singer-songwriter whose songs have been recorded by hundreds of international artists." more
• event
  • 1730
  • United States
  • "The first synagogue in New York, Shearith Israel, is dedicated." more
  • 1820
  • Greece
  • The Venus de Milo was discovered on Melos. more
  • 1904
  • Great Britain
  • The ‘Entente Cordiale’ is signed by Britain and France
  • 1978
  • Great Britain
  • Regular broadcast of proceedings in Parliament starts
• Death
  • 217
  • Italy
  • "Caracalla, Roman Emperor, assassinated by one of his Praetorian guards." more
  • 1848
  • Italy
  • "Death of Gaetano Donizetti, Italian composer of many operas." more
  • 1906
  • Germany
  • "Death of Auguste Deter, the first person ever diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease." more
  • 1943
  • Germany
  • "Death of Elise and Otto Hampel, executed by guillotine for treason in Berlin. This poorly educated couple hoped to turn public opinion against Hitler by leaving postcards denouncing the war in apartment blocks and offices around the city. " more
  • 1968
  • Great Britain
  • "Death of Jane Harrison GC, the only woman civilian ever awarded the George Cross. Three other women, all working behind enemy lines helping resistance groups, have also received the George Cross." more
  • 1973
  • Spain
  • "Death of Pablo Picasso, arguably the greatest artist of the 20th century." more
  • 1984
  • Russian Federation
  • "Death of Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa, Russian physicist, won the Nobel Prize for his work on low temperature physics and the liquefaction of gases"