Famous Birthdays In August - 01

1313  On this day in history birth of emperor Kogon of Japan (d. 1364)  

1322  On August - 01 birth of peter van Herenthals, South Netherlands theologist/church historian  

1377  Emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (d. 1433) was born on this day in history.  

1495  On August - 01 birth of jan Scorel, Dutch painter/architect  

1520  On this day in history birth of sigismund II Augustus, King of Poland (1548-72)  

1545  On this day in history birth of andrew Melville, Scottish theologian and religious reformer (d. 1622)  

1555  On August - 01 birth of edward Kelley, English spirit medium (d. 1597)  

1579  Luís Vélez de Guevara, Spanish writer (d. 1644) was born on this day in history.  

1626  On August - 01 birth of sabbatai Zevi, Montenegrin rabbi, kabbalist, and founder of the Jewish Sabbatean movement (d. 1676)  

1630  Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, English statesman (d. 1673) was born on this day in history.  

1642  On this day in history birth of ahmed II, 21st sultan of Turkey (1691-95) [or Feb 25, 1643]  

1659  Antoine Mouque, composer was born on August - 01.  

1685  Pietro Giuseppe Sandoni, composer was born on this day in history.  

1686  On August - 01 birth of benedetto Marcello, Italian author/composer (Lettera Famigliare)  

1713  On this day in history birth of charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1780)  

1714  Richard Wilson, Welsh landscape painter was born on this day in history.  

1738  On August - 01 birth of jacques François Dugommier, French general (d. 1794)  

1744  On this day in history birth of jean-Baptiste-Pierre-Antoine Monnet de Lamarck, French zoologist  

1753  Charles, 3rd earl Stanhope, England, radical politician/scientist was born on August - 01.  

1755  On August - 01 birth of giuseppe Antonio Capuzzi, composer  

1766  On this day in history birth of ignaz Anton Franz Xavier Ladurner, pianist/composer  

1766  On this day in history birth of jeffrey Wyatville, architect  

1770  On this day in history birth of william Clark, Charlottsville VA, 2nd lt of Lewis & Clark Expedition  

1779  Francis Scott Key, composer (Star-Spangled Banner) was born on this day in history.  

1779  On August - 01 birth of lorenz Oken, German naturalist (d. 1851)  

1786  On August - 01 birth of louis C Luzac, judge/Dutch Internal minister  

1814  On this day in history birth of maxcy Gregg, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862  

1815  Richard Henry Dana, novelist/lawyer spent 2 years before mast was born on August - 01.  

1818  Maria Mitchell, 1st US woman astronomer on Nantucket Island was born on August - 01.  

1819  On August - 01 birth of herman Melville, US, author (Moby Dick, Billy Budd)  

1824  Edward Francis Fitzwilliam, composer was born on August - 01.  

1837  On August - 01 birth of mother Jones, American labor organizer (d. 1930)  

1840  Aldine Sillman Kieffer, composer was born on this day in history.  

1843  Robert Todd Lincoln, Capt (Union volunteers), died in 1926 was born on this day in history.  

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0371  Death of St Eusebius of Vercelli, Italian bishop (b. c. 283) on this day in history.  

0527  On this day in history justinus I, Byzantine emperor (518-27), dies  

1137  On this day in history louis VI, King of France, dies (1108-37)  

1190  On this day in history floris III, Count of Holland, dies  

1227  On August - 01 death of shimazu Tadahisa, Japanese warlord (b. 1179)  

1402  On this day in history death of edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, son of Edward III of England (b. 1341)  

1457  Laurentius Valla, Italian philosopher (Voluptate), dies at about 50 on this day in history.  

1464  On August - 01 death of cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1386)