Famous Birthdays In February - 24

1103  On February - 24 birth of emperor Toba of Japan (d. 1156)   

1304  Muhammad ibn Battutah, Arab travel writer (Travels in Asia & Africa) was born on February - 24.   

1304  Ibn Battuta, Arabian explorer (d. 1368) ? was born on this day in history.   

1463  Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italy, scholar/platonist was born on this day in history.   

1500  Carlos V, King of Spain (1516-56)/Holy Roman Emperor was born on February - 24.   

1501  On this day in history birth of sixt(us) Birck [Xystus Betulius], German writer (Suzanna)   

1536  Clement VIII, [Ippolito Aldofireini], Fano Italy, Pope (1592-1605) was born on February - 24.   

1545  On this day in history birth of don John of Austria, Spanish military leader (d. 1578)   

1547  On February - 24 birth of jan of Austria, Spanish military man/land guardian of the Netherland   

1557  On February - 24 birth of matthias, Vienna, Holy Roman emperor (1612-19)   

1595  On this day in history birth of matthias C Sarbiewski, [Sarbievius], Polish jesuit/poet   

1597  On February - 24 birth of vincent Voiture, French poet (d. 1648)   

1619  On February - 24 birth of charles Le Brun, French artist (d. 1690)   

1622  On February - 24 birth of johannes Clauberg, German theologian and philosopher (d. 1665)   

1679  On this day in history birth of domenico Natale Sarro, Italian opera composer   

1684  Catherine I, Empress of Russia 1725-27, Dorpat, Estonia was born on February - 24.   

1684  Matthias Braun, Czech sculptor (d. 1738) was born on February - 24.   

1693  On this day in history birth of james Quin, English actor (d. 1766)   

1697  On this day in history birth of bernard S Albinus, [Weiss], German surgeon/anatomist   

1704  On this day in history birth of hubert Renotte, composer   

1709  Jacques de Vaucanson, French inventor (d. 1782) was born on this day in history.   

1717  Bernhard Hupfeld, composer was born on this day in history.   

1723  On this day in history birth of john Burgoyne, British general (d. 1792)   

1766  On this day in history birth of samuel Wesley, Bristol England, composer/organist (Exultate Deo)   

1771  On this day in history birth of johann Baptist Cramer, German/British pianist/composer/publisher   

1774  Prince Adolphus, 1st Duke of Cambridge (d. 1850) was born on this day in history.   

1786  Wilhelm Karl Grimm, Hanau Germany, story teller (Grimm's Fairy Tales) was born on this day in history.   

1786  On February - 24 birth of martin W. Bates. U.S. Senator from Delaware (d. 1869)   

1797  On February - 24 birth of samuel Lover, composer   

1809  On this day in history birth of edwin H K Freiherr von Manteuffel, governor/viceroy (Elzas-Lutherian)   

1811  Daniel A Payne, Bishop/reformer/educator of AME Church was born on February - 24.   

1811  On February - 24 birth of edward Dickinson Baker, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1861   

1824  On February - 24 birth of john Crawford Vaughn, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1875   

1827  On this day in history birth of charles Davis Jameson, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1862   

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0616  Death of King Ethelbert of Kent on this day in history.   

1525  On February - 24 death of guillaume Gouffier, seigneur de Bonnivet, French soldier   

1563  Death of Francois Guise, French general/duke, assassinated at 44 on this day in history.   

1588  On February - 24 death of johann Weyer, Dutch physician and occultist   

1642  On February - 24 marco da Gagliano, Italian opera composer, dies at about 66   

1666  Nicholas Lanier, composer, dies at 77 on February - 24.   

1674  On February - 24 death of matthias Weckmann, German composer (b. 1616)   

1685  Death of Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle, English politician and military leader (b. 1629) on February - 24.