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
20th century
21e century
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
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