April 8th

The April 8th is the 98e Jour of the Année (99e in the event of Leap year) of the Gregorian Calendrier.

Events

1 to 1900

1141 : Mathilde Emperesse is recognized “lady of England and Normandy”.
1632 : Louis XIII buys the Seigniory of Versailles to Jean-François de Gondi, archbishop of Paris.
1802 : Promulgation of the Legal settlement signed by Napoleon Bonaparte, First Consul, and the Pope Black and white VII.

20th century

1904 : The France and the the United Kingdom sign the Harmony
1939: The king of Albania flees the invasion of his country by fascistic Italy.
1946 : Nationalization of EDF-GDF.
1961 : Dalida wife Lucien Morisse
1962: The French approve the Accords of Evian.
1971 : The first international Congress of the Roms takes place with London.
1977 : Exit of The Clash , 1st album of the group Punk The Clash.
1990 : The cycle race Paris-Roubaix is gained by the Belgian Eddy Planckaert.
1994 : Discovered body of Kurt Cobain in his residence of Seattle.
1994 : Inauguration of the Bridge of the friendship lao-inhabitant of Thailand.

21e century

2005 : Funeral of the pope Jean-Paul II with the Basilica Saint-Pierre of Rome to the the Vatican.

Births

1320 : Pierre Ier (1320-1367), known as Pierre the Dispenser of justice , king de Portugal (1357-1367)
1793: Karl Ludwig Hencke, Astronomer German amateur .
1810 : Hégésippe Moreau, writer, poet and journalist French, with Paris († 1838).
1815 : Andrew Graham, Astronomer Irish.
1818 : Christian IX, king of Denmark
1893: Mary Pickford, American actress
1911: Emil Cioran, Rumanian philosopher
1914: Maria Felix, Mexican actress
1929: Jacques Brel, singer, Belgian actor . († October 9th 1978)
1931: Christine Fabréga, French actress († June 11th 1988).
1932 : Jean-Paul Rappeneau, realizer and scenario writer French
1933: Jaime Ostos, Spanish Matador .
1938 : Kofi Annan, general ex-secretary of the the United Nations
1947: Pascal Lamy, senior official and French politician
1950: Jean-Pierre Pernaut, Journalist French
1962: Izzy Stradlin, 1st rhythmic guitarist of the Pink Guns.
1963 : Julian Lennon, 1st wire of the English singer John Lennon
1966: Robin Wright PEN, American actress
1968: Patricia Arquette, American actress
1979: Alexi Laiho, singer and guitarist of the group Children off Bodom, guitarist of Sinergy
1980: Adam Brody, American actor.

Death

217 : Caracalla, Roman Emperor (° April 4th 186)
956: Gilbert de Chalon, duke of Burgundy
1143: Jean II Comnène, Byzantine Emperor (° September 13rd 1088)
1364: Jean II the Good, king de France (° April 16th 1319)
1461: Georg von Purbach, mathematician and Austrian astronomer (° May 30th 1423)
1492: Laurent de Médicis, known as the Splendid one ( Lorenzo di Piero de' Medici ) (° January 1st 1449)
1712: Pierre Grenon, ancestor of the Grenon of America (° 1646)
1848: Gaetano Donizetti, type-setter Italy N (° November 29th 1797)
1861: Elisha Otis, inventive of the Elevator (° August 3rd 1811)
1909: Helena Modjeska, Polish actress (° October 12th 1844)
1931: Erik Axel Karlfeldt, Swedish writer, Nobel Prize of literature 1918/1931 (° July 20th 1864)
1936: Robert Bárány, Austrian physicist, Nobel Prize of medicine 1914 (° April 22nd 1876)
1938: King Oliver, musician of jazz states-unien (° 1885)
1950: Vaslav Nijinski, Russian dancer of Polish origin (° March 12th 1890)
1960: Henri Guisan, Swiss general (° October 21st 1874).
1962 : Juan Belmonte, Spanish Matador (° April 14th 1892).
1973 : Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter (° October 25th 1881)
1981: Omar Bradley, general states-unien (° February 12th 1893)
1984: Pyotr Leonidovitch Kapitsa, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize of physics 1978 (° July 9th 1894)
1992: Daniel Bovet, Italian pharmacologist of Swiss origin, Nobel Prize of medicine 1957 (° March 23rd 1907)
1993: Marian Anderson, American contralto. (° February 27th 1897)
1996: Ben Johnson, actor states-unien (° June 13rd 1918)
2002: Maria Felix, Mexican actress (° April 8th 1914)
2007: Ground LeWitt, American artist (° September 9th 1928)

Celebrations

International day of the Roms

Catholic and orthodoxe saints of the day

Amance
Asyncrite
Clement d' Elpide
Concesse
Denis de Corinthe
Edèse
Gautier of Pontoise
Julien of Saint-Augustin
Julie Billiart (1751-1816), founder of the Institute of the sisters of Notre-Dame
Perpet
Rédempt

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