Famous Birthdays In April - 24

1533  On this day in history birth of william I of Orange (d. 1584)  

1538  On this day in history birth of gugliemo Gonzaga, composer  

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

1594  On April - 24 birth of benedikt Lechler, composer  

1620  John Graunt, statistician, founder of science of demography was born on April - 24.  

1660  On this day in history birth of cornelis Dusart, Dutch painter/engraver  

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  On April - 24 birth of johann Philipp Kirnberger, German composer, baptised  

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1742  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

1773  Harman W Muntinghe, lawyer/Dutch colonial director was born on this day in history.  

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

1804  On April - 24 birth of thomas Oliver Selfridge, Comm (Union Navy)  

1807  Charles Ferguson Smith, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1862 was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1815  On April - 24 birth of anthony Trollope, England, novelist/poet (Barchester Towers)  

1815  James Edward Harrison, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1875 was born on April - 24.  

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 this day in history.  

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 April - 24.  

1837  Friedrich von Holstein, German diplomat (die graue Eminenz) was born on April - 24.  

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

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0624  On April - 24 death of mellitus, third Archbishop of Canterbury  

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 this day in history.  

1185  Death of Antoku Taira, emperor of Japan (1180-85), drowns on April - 24.  

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

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

1617  Death of Carlo Concino, French marquis of Ancre/state advisor, murdered on this day in history.