Famous Birthdays In April - 24

1533  William I of Orange (d. 1584) was born on this day in history.   

1538  On April - 24 birth of gugliemo Gonzaga, composer   

1581  Vincent de Paul, French saint (d. 1660) was born on April - 24.   

1594  Benedikt Lechler, composer was born on April - 24.   

1620  John Graunt, statistician, founder of science of demography was born on this day in history.   

1660  Cornelis Dusart, Dutch painter/engraver was born on this day in history.   

1670  Christian Ludwig Boxberg, composer was born on this day in history.   

1706  Giovanni Battista Martini, composer was born on this day in history.   

1718  Nathaniel Hone, Irish-born painter (d. 1784) was born on this day in history.   

1721  Johann Philipp Kirnberger, German composer, baptised was born on April - 24.   

1742  On April - 24 birth of roman Hoffstetter, composer   

1743  Edmund Cartwright, England, cleric, inventor (power loom) was born on April - 24.   

1750  Simon-Antoine-Jean Lhuillier, Swiss mathematician was born on April - 24.   

1766  Robert Bailey Thomas, founder (Farmer's Almanac) was born on April - 24.   

1769  On this day in history birth of arthur Wellesley, General/Duke of Wellington   

1773  On this day in history birth of harman W Muntinghe, lawyer/Dutch colonial director   

1784  Peter Vivian Daniel, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1860) was born on April - 24.   

1791  Nikolaj A Bestuzhev, Russia, writer/painter (Account about Holland) was born on this day in history.   

1796  On this day in history birth of k L Immermann, writer   

1804  Thomas Oliver Selfridge, Comm (Union Navy) was born on April - 24.   

1807  On April - 24 birth of charles Ferguson Smith, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1862   

1814  On this day in history birth of angela Burdett-Coutts, philanthropist extrordinaire   

1814  Vincente F Lopez, Argentina historian (La Novia del Hereje) was born on April - 24.   

1815  Anthony Trollope, England, novelist/poet (Barchester Towers) was born on this day in history.   

1815  James Edward Harrison, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1875 was born on this day in history.   

1822  On April - 24 birth of erastus Barnard Tyler, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

1824  Fournier, Swiss/French postage stamp forger was born on April - 24.   

1828  On April - 24 birth of robert Brank Vance, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1899   

1829  On April - 24 birth of george Peabody Estey, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1881   

1836  Jeltje de Bosch Kemper, Dutch feminist was born on this day in history.   

1837  Friedrich von Holstein, German diplomat (die graue Eminenz) was born on this day in history.   

1845  On April - 24 birth of carl Spitteler, Switz, poet (Prometheus & Epimetheus; Nobel 1919)   

1849  Joseph S Gallieni, general (Battle of Marne)/milt governor (Paris) was born on this day in history.   

1851  Eduardo Acevedo Diaz, Uruguaian writer (Ismael, Grito de Gloria) was born on April - 24.   

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0624  Death of Mellitus, third Archbishop of Canterbury on April - 24.   

0709  Wilfried, bishop of York, dies at about 76 on this day in history.   

0729  Egbert[us], English bishop/saint, dies in Iona at 89 on April - 24.   

1077  On April - 24 geza I, King of Hungary (1074-7), dies   

1185  Death of Antoku Taira, emperor of Japan (1180-85), drowns on this day in history.   

1338  Death of Marquis Theodore I of Montferrat (b. 1291) on April - 24.   

1530  On April - 24 jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (De partu Virginis), dies   

1617  On April - 24 death of carlo Concino, French marquis of Ancre/state advisor, murdered