Famous Birthdays In April - 24

1533  William I of Orange (d. 1584) was born on April - 24.   

1538  Gugliemo Gonzaga, composer was born on this day in history.   

1581  On April - 24 birth of vincent de Paul, French saint (d. 1660)   

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 April - 24.   

1670  On this day in history birth of christian Ludwig Boxberg, composer   

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

1718  On this day in history birth of nathaniel Hone, Irish-born painter (d. 1784)   

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

1742  On this day in history birth of roman Hoffstetter, composer   

1743  On April - 24 birth of edmund Cartwright, England, cleric, inventor (power loom)   

1750  On April - 24 birth of simon-Antoine-Jean Lhuillier, Swiss mathematician   

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

1769  Arthur Wellesley, General/Duke of Wellington was born on April - 24.   

1773  On April - 24 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  On this day in history birth of nikolaj A Bestuzhev, Russia, writer/painter (Account about Holland)   

1796  K L Immermann, writer was born on this day in history.   

1804  Thomas Oliver Selfridge, Comm (Union Navy) was born on this day in history.   

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

1814  Angela Burdett-Coutts, philanthropist extrordinaire was born on this day in history.   

1814  On April - 24 birth of vincente F Lopez, Argentina historian (La Novia del Hereje)   

1815  On this day in history birth of anthony Trollope, England, novelist/poet (Barchester Towers)   

1815  On this day in history birth of james Edward Harrison, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1875   

1822  Erastus Barnard Tyler, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) was born on April - 24.   

1824  On this day in history birth of fournier, Swiss/French postage stamp forger   

1828  Robert Brank Vance, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1899 was born on April - 24.   

1829  George Peabody Estey, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1881 was born on April - 24.   

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

1837  On April - 24 birth of friedrich von Holstein, German diplomat (die graue Eminenz)   

1845  On this day in history birth of carl Spitteler, Switz, poet (Prometheus & Epimetheus; Nobel 1919)   

1849  On April - 24 birth of joseph S Gallieni, general (Battle of Marne)/milt governor (Paris)   

1851  On April - 24 birth of eduardo Acevedo Diaz, Uruguaian writer (Ismael, Grito de Gloria)   

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0624  Death of Mellitus, third Archbishop of Canterbury on this day in history.   

0709  Wilfried, bishop of York, dies at about 76 on April - 24.   

0729  On April - 24 egbert[us], English bishop/saint, dies in Iona at 89   

1077  Geza I, King of Hungary (1074-7), dies on April - 24.   

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

1338  On April - 24 death of marquis Theodore I of Montferrat (b. 1291)   

1530  Jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (De partu Virginis), dies on this day in history.   

1617  Death of Carlo Concino, French marquis of Ancre/state advisor, murdered on April - 24.