Famous Personalities Born In April - 24

1533  On this day in history birth of william I of Orange (d. 1584)   

1538  Gugliemo Gonzaga, composer was born on this day in history.   

1581  On this day in history birth of vincent de Paul, French saint (d. 1660)   

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  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 April - 24.   

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.   

1742  On April - 24 birth of roman Hoffstetter, composer   

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 April - 24.   

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  On this day in history 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 April - 24.   

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

1807  Charles Ferguson Smith, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1862 was born on April - 24.   

1814  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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  Friedrich von Holstein, German diplomat (die graue Eminenz) was born on this day in history.   

1845  On this day in history birth of carl Spitteler, Switz, poet (Prometheus & Epimetheus; Nobel 1919)   

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

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

0729  On this day in history 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  Death of Antoku Taira, emperor of Japan (1180-85), drowns on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.