Famous Birthdays In August - 21

1165  Philip II Augustus, 1st great Capetian king of France (1179-1223) was born on this day in history.   

1535  On August - 21 birth of shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1619)   

1567  Francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint was born on August - 21.   

1597  Roger Twysden, English antiquarian and royalist (d. 1672) was born on August - 21.   

1642  On August - 21 birth of johann Friedrich Treiber, composer   

1643  Afonso VI, king of Portugal (1656-67) (mentally ill) was born on August - 21.   

1660  On August - 21 birth of hubert Gautier, engineer, wrote 1st book on bridge building   

1665  On August - 21 birth of giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer (d. 1729)   

1670  James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, French military leader (d. 1734) was born on this day in history.   

1689  Jose Pradas Gallen, composer was born on this day in history.   

1721  Lucretia W van Winter-van Merken, Dutch poet was born on this day in history.   

1725  On August - 21 birth of jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter   

1751  Johann Georg Witthauer, composer was born on this day in history.   

1754  William Murdoch, Scottish inventor (d. 1839) was born on this day in history.   

1754  Banastre Tarleton, British soldier and politician (d. 1833) was born on this day in history.   

1765  William IV, king of England (1830-37) was born on this day in history.   

1765  On August - 21 birth of william IV of the United Kingdom (d. 1837)   

1780  Jernej Kopitar, Slovenian censor (Slovenian Grammar) was born on August - 21.   

1789  On this day in history birth of augustin-Louis, Baron Cauchy, French mathematician   

1798  On this day in history birth of jules Michelet, French historian (History of France, L'Amour)   

1800  On August - 21 birth of hiram Walden, American politician (d. 1880)   

1801  Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, WW II Dutch statesman/historian was born on this day in history.   

1806  On this day in history birth of johannes Frederick Frohlich, composer   

1809  Francesco Schira, composer was born on this day in history.   

1810  On this day in history birth of thomas Jefferson McKean, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

1813  On this day in history birth of jean Stas, Belgian chemist (d. 1891)   

1816  Charles Frédéric Gerhardt, French chemist (d. 1856) was born on this day in history.   

1821  On August - 21 birth of william Barksdale, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863   

1824  On August - 21 birth of john Sanford Mason, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1897   

1825  On August - 21 birth of kate Fanny Loder, composer   

1826  Karl Gegenbaur, German anatomist (d. 1903) was born on August - 21.   

1829  On August - 21 birth of otto Goldschmidt, composer   

1847  Arthur T Verhaegen, Belgian worker's union leader was born on this day in history.   

1852  On this day in history birth of benedetto Junck, composer   

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1131  On this day in history boudouin II van Bourg, king of Jerusalem, dies   

1157  On August - 21 death of king Alfonso VII of Castile (b. 1104/1105)   

1190  Godfried III, duke of Brabant (Grimbergse war), dies on August - 21.   

1245  Alexander van Hales, English scholar, dies on this day in history.   

1271  On this day in history death of alphonse of Toulouse, son of Louis VIII of France (b. 1220)   

1516  John III van Egmont, [Manke John], viceroy of Holland, dies at 78 on August - 21.   

1581  On August - 21 death of sakuma Nobumori, Japanese retainer and samurai (b. 1527)   

1614  On this day in history death of elizabeth Báthory, the world's most prolific female serial killer (b. 1560)