Famous Personalities Born In August - 01
Thursday, 10 July 2025
1313 On August - 01 birth of emperor Kogon of Japan (d. 1364)
1322 Peter van Herenthals, South Netherlands theologist/church historian was born on August - 01.
1377 On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (d. 1433)
1495 On August - 01 birth of jan Scorel, Dutch painter/architect
1520 Sigismund II Augustus, King of Poland (1548-72) was born on this day in history.
1545 Andrew Melville, Scottish theologian and religious reformer (d. 1622) was born on August - 01.
1555 Edward Kelley, English spirit medium (d. 1597) was born on this day in history.
1579 LuÃs Vélez de Guevara, Spanish writer (d. 1644) was born on August - 01.
1626 On this day in history birth of sabbatai Zevi, Montenegrin rabbi, kabbalist, and founder of the Jewish Sabbatean movement (d. 1676)
1630 On this day in history birth of thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, English statesman (d. 1673)
1642 Ahmed II, 21st sultan of Turkey (1691-95) [or Feb 25, 1643] was born on August - 01.
1659 Antoine Mouque, composer was born on August - 01.
1685 Pietro Giuseppe Sandoni, composer was born on this day in history.
1686 Benedetto Marcello, Italian author/composer (Lettera Famigliare) was born on August - 01.
1713 Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1780) was born on this day in history.
1714 Richard Wilson, Welsh landscape painter was born on August - 01.
1738 Jacques François Dugommier, French general (d. 1794) was born on this day in history.
1744 Jean-Baptiste-Pierre-Antoine Monnet de Lamarck, French zoologist was born on this day in history.
1753 Charles, 3rd earl Stanhope, England, radical politician/scientist was born on August - 01.
1755 Giuseppe Antonio Capuzzi, composer was born on August - 01.
1766 On this day in history birth of ignaz Anton Franz Xavier Ladurner, pianist/composer
1766 Jeffrey Wyatville, architect was born on this day in history.
1770 On August - 01 birth of william Clark, Charlottsville VA, 2nd lt of Lewis & Clark Expedition
1779 Francis Scott Key, composer (Star-Spangled Banner) was born on August - 01.
1779 On August - 01 birth of lorenz Oken, German naturalist (d. 1851)
1786 Louis C Luzac, judge/Dutch Internal minister was born on this day in history.
1814 On this day in history birth of maxcy Gregg, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862
1815 On August - 01 birth of richard Henry Dana, novelist/lawyer spent 2 years before mast
1818 On August - 01 birth of maria Mitchell, 1st US woman astronomer on Nantucket Island
1819 Herman Melville, US, author (Moby Dick, Billy Budd) was born on August - 01.
1824 Edward Francis Fitzwilliam, composer was born on this day in history.
1837 On August - 01 birth of mother Jones, American labor organizer (d. 1930)
1840 On August - 01 birth of aldine Sillman Kieffer, composer
1843 On August - 01 birth of robert Todd Lincoln, Capt (Union volunteers), died in 1926