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Famous Birthdays In February - 24

Wednesday, 22 May 2013

1103 Emperor Toba of Japan (d. 1156) was born on this day in history.

1304 On this day in history birth of muhammad ibn Battutah, Arab travel writer (Travels in Asia & Africa)

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

1463 On this day in history birth of giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italy, scholar/platonist

1500 On this day in history birth of carlos V, King of Spain (1516-56)/Holy Roman Emperor

1501 Sixt(us) Birck [Xystus Betulius], German writer (Suzanna) was born on this day in history.

1536 On this day in history birth of clement VIII, [Ippolito Aldofireini], Fano Italy, Pope (1592-1605)

1545 Don John of Austria, Spanish military leader (d. 1578) was born on this day in history.

1547 On this day in history birth of jan of Austria, Spanish military man/land guardian of the Netherland

1557 On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of vincent Voiture, French poet (d. 1648)

1619 On this day in history birth of charles Le Brun, French artist (d. 1690)

1622 On this day in history 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 this day in history.

1684 Matthias Braun, Czech sculptor (d. 1738) was born on this day in history.

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 On this day in history birth of jacques de Vaucanson, French inventor (d. 1782)

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 Samuel Wesley, Bristol England, composer/organist (Exultate Deo) was born on this day in history.

1771 Johann Baptist Cramer, German/British pianist/composer/publisher was born on this day in history.

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 Martin W. Bates. U.S. Senator from Delaware (d. 1869) was born on this day in history.

1797 Samuel Lover, composer was born on this day in history.

1809 Edwin H K Freiherr von Manteuffel, governor/viceroy (Elzas-Lutherian) was born on this day in history.

1811 On this day in history birth of daniel A Payne, Bishop/reformer/educator of AME Church

1811 On this day in history birth of edward Dickinson Baker, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1861

1824 On this day in history birth of john Crawford Vaughn, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1875

1827 Charles Davis Jameson, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1862 was born on this day in history.

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Famous Deaths In February - 24

Famous People Died On This Day In History

1525 Death of Guillaume Gouffier, seigneur de Bonnivet, French soldier on this day in history.

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

1588 Death of Johann Weyer, Dutch physician and occultist on this day in history.

1642 On this day in history marco da Gagliano, Italian opera composer, dies at about 66

1666 Nicholas Lanier, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.

1674 On this day in history 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 this day in history.

1686 Ferdinando Tacca, Italian painter/son of Pietro Tacca, dies at 66 on this day in history.