Famous Birthdays In April - 24

1533  On April - 24 birth of william I of Orange (d. 1584)  

1538  On April - 24 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 this day in history.  

1660  On April - 24 birth of cornelis Dusart, Dutch painter/engraver  

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

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

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

1721  On this day in history birth of johann Philipp Kirnberger, German composer, baptised  

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1742  On April - 24 birth of roman Hoffstetter, composer  

1743  Edmund Cartwright, England, cleric, inventor (power loom) was born on April - 24.  

1750  Simon-Antoine-Jean Lhuillier, Swiss mathematician was born on this day in history.  

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

1769  Arthur Wellesley, General/Duke of Wellington was born on April - 24.  

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

1784  Peter Vivian Daniel, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1860) was born on April - 24.  

1791  On this day in history birth of nikolaj A Bestuzhev, Russia, writer/painter (Account about Holland)  

1796  On this day in history 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  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  James Edward Harrison, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1875 was born on this day in history.  

1822  On this day in history 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  Robert Brank Vance, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1899 was born on April - 24.  

1829  On this day in history 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 April - 24.  

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

1077  Geza I, King of Hungary (1074-7), dies on April - 24.  

1185  On April - 24 death of antoku Taira, emperor of Japan (1180-85), drowns  

1338  Death of Marquis Theodore I of Montferrat (b. 1291) on April - 24.  

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