Famous Personalities Born 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 this day in history.   

1594  On this day in history birth of benedikt Lechler, composer   

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

1660  Cornelis Dusart, Dutch painter/engraver was born on April - 24.   

1670  Christian Ludwig Boxberg, composer was born on April - 24.   

1706  Giovanni Battista Martini, composer was born on April - 24.   

1718  Nathaniel Hone, Irish-born painter (d. 1784) was born on April - 24.   

1721  Johann Philipp Kirnberger, German composer, baptised was born on this day in history.   

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

1743  Edmund Cartwright, England, cleric, inventor (power loom) was born on this day in history.   

1750  Simon-Antoine-Jean Lhuillier, Swiss mathematician was born on April - 24.   

1766  On April - 24 birth of robert Bailey Thomas, founder (Farmer's Almanac)   

1769  Arthur Wellesley, General/Duke of Wellington was born on this day in history.   

1773  On April - 24 birth of harman W Muntinghe, lawyer/Dutch colonial director   

1784  On April - 24 birth of peter Vivian Daniel, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1860)   

1791  Nikolaj A Bestuzhev, Russia, writer/painter (Account about Holland) was born on this day in history.   

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

1804  On this day in history birth of thomas Oliver Selfridge, Comm (Union Navy)   

1807  On this day in history birth of charles Ferguson Smith, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1862   

1814  On April - 24 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  Anthony Trollope, England, novelist/poet (Barchester Towers) was born on this day in history.   

1815  On April - 24 birth of james Edward Harrison, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1875   

1822  Erastus Barnard Tyler, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) was born on this day in history.   

1824  Fournier, Swiss/French postage stamp forger was born on April - 24.   

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 this day in history.   

1836  On this day in history birth of jeltje de Bosch Kemper, Dutch feminist   

1837  Friedrich von Holstein, German diplomat (die graue Eminenz) was born on this day in history.   

1845  Carl Spitteler, Switz, poet (Prometheus & Epimetheus; Nobel 1919) was born on April - 24.   

1849  Joseph S Gallieni, general (Battle of Marne)/milt governor (Paris) was born on April - 24.   

1851  On this day in history birth of eduardo Acevedo Diaz, Uruguaian writer (Ismael, Grito de Gloria)   

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0624  On this day in history death of mellitus, third Archbishop of Canterbury   

0709  On this day in history wilfried, bishop of York, dies at about 76   

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  On this day in history death of antoku Taira, emperor of Japan (1180-85), drowns   

1338  Death of Marquis Theodore I of Montferrat (b. 1291) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.