Famous Birthdays In April - 24

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

1538  On April - 24 birth of gugliemo Gonzaga, composer  

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  John Graunt, statistician, founder of science of demography was born on this day in history.  

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

1670  On this day in history birth of christian Ludwig Boxberg, composer  

1706  On April - 24 birth of giovanni Battista Martini, composer  

1718  On April - 24 birth of nathaniel Hone, Irish-born painter (d. 1784)  

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

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

1743  On April - 24 birth of edmund Cartwright, England, cleric, inventor (power loom)  

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

1773  Harman W Muntinghe, lawyer/Dutch colonial director was born on April - 24.  

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 this day in history.  

1796  K L Immermann, writer was born on April - 24.  

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 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  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 this day in history.  

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  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 this day in history.  

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  On this day in history birth of joseph S Gallieni, general (Battle of Marne)/milt governor (Paris)  

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

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0624  Death of Mellitus, third Archbishop of Canterbury on April - 24.  

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 April - 24.