April 8 By MadisynNoel Apr 8, 1139 Roger II Sicily is excommunicated. Apr 8, 1364 King of France "Death - Jan II the Good dies at 44" Apr 8, 1756 Joseph Gehot composer April 8, 1756 Birthday Apr 8, 1798 Dionysios Solomos Birthday - Dionysios Solomos poet Apr 8, 1816 Frederick William Burton painte Birthday Apr 8, 1895 Sigurdur Thordarson composer Birthday Apr 8, 1896 Karl Hermann Pillney composer Birthday Apr 8, 1904 John Antill composer Birthday Apr 8, 1909 Olavi Pesonen composer Birthday Apr 8, 1957 The Suez Canal In Egypt is reopened.