Famous Birthdays In August - 21

1165  On August - 21 birth of philip II Augustus, 1st great Capetian king of France (1179-1223)  

1535  Shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1619) was born on August - 21.  

1567  Francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint was born on August - 21.  

1597  Roger Twysden, English antiquarian and royalist (d. 1672) was born on this day in history.  

1642  Johann Friedrich Treiber, composer was born on August - 21.  

1643  On August - 21 birth of afonso VI, king of Portugal (1656-67) (mentally ill)  

1660  On August - 21 birth of hubert Gautier, engineer, wrote 1st book on bridge building  

1665  Giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer (d. 1729) was born on August - 21.  

1670  James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, French military leader (d. 1734) was born on August - 21.  

1689  Jose Pradas Gallen, composer was born on August - 21.  

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1721  On August - 21 birth of lucretia W van Winter-van Merken, Dutch poet  

1725  Jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter was born on August - 21.  

1751  On this day in history birth of johann Georg Witthauer, composer  

1754  William Murdoch, Scottish inventor (d. 1839) was born on August - 21.  

1754  On August - 21 birth of banastre Tarleton, British soldier and politician (d. 1833)  

1765  William IV, king of England (1830-37) was born on this day in history.  

1765  William IV of the United Kingdom (d. 1837) was born on August - 21.  

1780  Jernej Kopitar, Slovenian censor (Slovenian Grammar) was born on this day in history.  

1789  Augustin-Louis, Baron Cauchy, French mathematician was born on August - 21.  

1798  On this day in history birth of jules Michelet, French historian (History of France, L'Amour)  

1800  On August - 21 birth of hiram Walden, American politician (d. 1880)  

1801  Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, WW II Dutch statesman/historian was born on this day in history.  

1806  Johannes Frederick Frohlich, composer was born on this day in history.  

1809  Francesco Schira, composer was born on this day in history.  

1810  On this day in history birth of thomas Jefferson McKean, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)  

1813  On August - 21 birth of jean Stas, Belgian chemist (d. 1891)  

1816  Charles Frédéric Gerhardt, French chemist (d. 1856) was born on August - 21.  

1821  William Barksdale, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863 was born on August - 21.  

1824  On August - 21 birth of john Sanford Mason, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1897  

1825  On this day in history birth of kate Fanny Loder, composer  

1826  Karl Gegenbaur, German anatomist (d. 1903) was born on this day in history.  

1829  On this day in history birth of otto Goldschmidt, composer  

1847  Arthur T Verhaegen, Belgian worker's union leader was born on this day in history.  

1852  On August - 21 birth of benedetto Junck, composer  

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1131  On this day in history boudouin II van Bourg, king of Jerusalem, dies  

1157  On this day in history death of king Alfonso VII of Castile (b. 1104/1105)  

1190  Godfried III, duke of Brabant (Grimbergse war), dies on August - 21.  

1245  Alexander van Hales, English scholar, dies on this day in history.  

1271  Death of Alphonse of Toulouse, son of Louis VIII of France (b. 1220) on this day in history.  

1516  On August - 21 john III van Egmont, [Manke John], viceroy of Holland, dies at 78  

1581  Death of Sakuma Nobumori, Japanese retainer and samurai (b. 1527) on August - 21.  

1614  On this day in history death of elizabeth Báthory, the world's most prolific female serial killer (b. 1560)