Famous Birthdays In April - 24

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

1538  Gugliemo Gonzaga, composer was born on April - 24.  

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

1594  Benedikt Lechler, composer was born on this day in history.  

1620  On this day in history birth of john Graunt, statistician, founder of science of demography  

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

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

1706  On this day in history birth of giovanni Battista Martini, composer  

1718  Nathaniel Hone, Irish-born painter (d. 1784) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1766  Robert Bailey Thomas, founder (Farmer's Almanac) was born on this day in history.  

1769  On this day in history birth of arthur Wellesley, General/Duke of Wellington  

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

1784  On this day in history birth of peter Vivian Daniel, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1860)  

1791  On April - 24 birth of nikolaj A Bestuzhev, Russia, writer/painter (Account about Holland)  

1796  On this day in history birth of k L Immermann, writer  

1804  Thomas Oliver Selfridge, Comm (Union Navy) was born on April - 24.  

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  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 this day in history.  

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  Fournier, Swiss/French postage stamp forger was born on this day in history.  

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

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

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 this day in history.  

1849  Joseph S Gallieni, general (Battle of Marne)/milt governor (Paris) was born on this day in history.  

1851  Eduardo Acevedo Diaz, Uruguaian writer (Ismael, Grito de Gloria) was born on this day in history.  

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0624  On this day in history 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  On this day in history geza I, King of Hungary (1074-7), dies  

1185  On this day in history death of antoku Taira, emperor of Japan (1180-85), drowns  

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

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

1617  On April - 24 death of carlo Concino, French marquis of Ancre/state advisor, murdered