Famous Birthdays In April - 24

1533  William I of Orange (d. 1584) was born on this day in history.  

1538  On April - 24 birth of gugliemo Gonzaga, composer  

1581  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of cornelis Dusart, Dutch painter/engraver  

1670  On April - 24 birth of christian Ludwig Boxberg, composer  

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

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  

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  On this day in history birth of simon-Antoine-Jean Lhuillier, Swiss mathematician  

1766  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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  Angela Burdett-Coutts, philanthropist extrordinaire was born on this day in history.  

1814  Vincente F Lopez, Argentina historian (La Novia del Hereje) was born on this day in history.  

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  On April - 24 birth of erastus Barnard Tyler, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)  

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

1828  On April - 24 birth of robert Brank Vance, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1899  

1829  On April - 24 birth of george Peabody Estey, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1881  

1836  On April - 24 birth of jeltje de Bosch Kemper, Dutch feminist  

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

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

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

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

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

1077  On this day in history geza I, King of Hungary (1074-7), dies  

1185  On April - 24 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  On this day in history jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (De partu Virginis), dies  

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