Famous Birthdays In April - 24

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

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

1581  On April - 24 birth of vincent de Paul, French saint (d. 1660)  

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 this day in history.  

1670  Christian Ludwig Boxberg, composer was born on April - 24.  

1706  Giovanni Battista Martini, composer was born on this day in history.  

1718  On this day in history birth of nathaniel Hone, Irish-born painter (d. 1784)  

1721  Johann Philipp Kirnberger, German composer, baptised was born on April - 24.  

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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 April - 24.  

1750  On April - 24 birth of simon-Antoine-Jean Lhuillier, Swiss mathematician  

1766  Robert Bailey Thomas, founder (Farmer's Almanac) was born on April - 24.  

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

1773  On April - 24 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 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 this day in history.  

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

1807  On April - 24 birth of charles Ferguson Smith, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1862  

1814  Angela Burdett-Coutts, philanthropist extrordinaire was born on April - 24.  

1814  On April - 24 birth of vincente F Lopez, Argentina historian (La Novia del Hereje)  

1815  On April - 24 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 this day in history birth of erastus Barnard Tyler, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)  

1824  Fournier, Swiss/French postage stamp forger was born on April - 24.  

1828  Robert Brank Vance, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1899 was born on this day in history.  

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 April - 24.  

1837  Friedrich von Holstein, German diplomat (die graue Eminenz) was born on April - 24.  

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

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

1530  Jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (De partu Virginis), dies on this day in history.  

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