Famous Birthdays In August - 06
Friday, 25 October 2024
1180 Emperor Go-Toba of Japan (d. 1239) was born on August - 06.
1504 Matthew "Nosey" Parker, archbishop of Canterbury was born on August - 06.
1609 On August - 06 birth of richard Bennett, British Colonial Governor of Virginia (d. 1675)
1619 On August - 06 birth of barbara Strozzi, composer
1638 On August - 06 birth of nicolas de Malebranche, French philosopher
1644 On August - 06 birth of francoise L de la Baume Le Blanc, French mistress of Louis XIV
1651 Francois Fenelon, France, writer (Playing for Time) was born on August - 06.
1651 Johann Michael Zacher, composer was born on August - 06.
1656 Claude de Forbin, French naval commander (d. 1733) was born on August - 06.
1664 Johann Christoph Schmidt, composer was born on this day in history.
1665 Jean-Baptiste Lully, composer was born on this day in history.
1666 On August - 06 birth of maria Sofia of the Palatinate, queen of Portugal (d. 1699)
1697 Charles VII, Holy Roman emperor (1742-45) was born on August - 06.
1715 On this day in history birth of luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, French writer (d. 1747)
1748 Bernhard Haltenberger, composer was born on August - 06.
1775 On August - 06 birth of louis-Antoine the Bourbon, French duke of Angouleme/General of France
1775 Daniel O'Connell, Irish politician (d. 1847) was born on this day in history.
1800 Catherine Beecher, educator (championed higher education for women) was born on this day in history.
1804 On this day in history birth of justinus van der Brugghen, Dutch lawyer/minister of Justice (1856-58)
1809 Alfred Lord Tennyson, poet laureate of England was born on August - 06.
1811 Judah Philip Benjamin, Secy War/Secy State (Confederacy) [or Aug 11] was born on this day in history.
1819 On this day in history birth of samuel Powhatan Carter, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1826 On August - 06 birth of thomas Alexander Browne, Australian writer (d. 1915)
1844 On this day in history birth of alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1900)
1845 On August - 06 birth of anthonie A Vorsterman van Oyen, Dutch genealogist
1858 On this day in history birth of albert Fuchs, composer
1859 J Arthur S Berson, Austria meteorologist (Balloon flights, Amazon) was born on August - 06.
1861 Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, 2nd wife of Theodore Roosevelt was born on this day in history.
1866 On this day in history birth of chief Thundercloud, [Scott T Williams], MT, actor (Lone Ranger)
1868 On August - 06 birth of paul Claudel, France, diplomat/poet (L'Otage-1909)
1871 On this day in history birth of emanuel Querido, [Joost Mendes], author/publisher
1873 John Wesley Work, composer was born on August - 06.
1873 Mary Carr Moore, composer was born on this day in history.
1874 On this day in history birth of charles Fort, American writer and researcher (d. 1932)