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  Vincent de Paul, French saint (d. 1660) was born on this day in history.  

1594  Benedikt Lechler, composer was born on April - 24.  

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

1660  Cornelis Dusart, Dutch painter/engraver was born on this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history birth of johann Philipp Kirnberger, German composer, baptised  

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1742  Roman Hoffstetter, composer was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1769  On April - 24 birth of arthur Wellesley, General/Duke of Wellington  

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 this day in history.  

1791  Nikolaj A Bestuzhev, Russia, writer/painter (Account about Holland) was born on April - 24.  

1796  On April - 24 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  Angela Burdett-Coutts, philanthropist extrordinaire was born on April - 24.  

1814  On this day in history birth of vincente F Lopez, Argentina historian (La Novia del Hereje)  

1815  Anthony Trollope, England, novelist/poet (Barchester Towers) was born on April - 24.  

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 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  On this day in history 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  On April - 24 wilfried, bishop of York, dies at about 76  

0729  Egbert[us], English bishop/saint, dies in Iona at 89 on April - 24.  

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  On this day in history death of marquis Theodore I of Montferrat (b. 1291)  

1530  Jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (De partu Virginis), dies on April - 24.  

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