Famous Birthdays In August - 21

1165  Philip II Augustus, 1st great Capetian king of France (1179-1223) was born on August - 21.  

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 this day in history.  

1597  On this day in history birth of roger Twysden, English antiquarian and royalist (d. 1672)  

1642  On August - 21 birth of johann Friedrich Treiber, composer  

1643  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1670  On this day in history birth of james FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, French military leader (d. 1734)  

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

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1721  Lucretia W van Winter-van Merken, Dutch poet was born on this day in history.  

1725  Jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter was born on this day in history.  

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

1754  William Murdoch, Scottish inventor (d. 1839) was born on this day in history.  

1754  On this day in history birth of banastre Tarleton, British soldier and politician (d. 1833)  

1765  On this day in history birth of william IV, king of England (1830-37)  

1765  William IV of the United Kingdom (d. 1837) was born on this day in history.  

1780  Jernej Kopitar, Slovenian censor (Slovenian Grammar) was born on August - 21.  

1789  On this day in history birth of augustin-Louis, Baron Cauchy, French mathematician  

1798  Jules Michelet, French historian (History of France, L'Amour) was born on August - 21.  

1800  Hiram Walden, American politician (d. 1880) was born on August - 21.  

1801  Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, WW II Dutch statesman/historian was born on August - 21.  

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

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

1810  Thomas Jefferson McKean, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) was born on this day in history.  

1813  Jean Stas, Belgian chemist (d. 1891) was born on this day in history.  

1816  On August - 21 birth of charles Frédéric Gerhardt, French chemist (d. 1856)  

1821  William Barksdale, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863 was born on this day in history.  

1824  John Sanford Mason, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1897 was born on August - 21.  

1825  Kate Fanny Loder, composer was born on August - 21.  

1826  Karl Gegenbaur, German anatomist (d. 1903) was born on August - 21.  

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  Benedetto Junck, composer was born on August - 21.  

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1131  On August - 21 boudouin II van Bourg, king of Jerusalem, dies  

1157  Death of King Alfonso VII of Castile (b. 1104/1105) on this day in history.  

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

1245  On this day in history alexander van Hales, English scholar, dies  

1271  On August - 21 death of alphonse of Toulouse, son of Louis VIII of France (b. 1220)  

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

1581  On August - 21 death of sakuma Nobumori, Japanese retainer and samurai (b. 1527)  

1614  On August - 21 death of elizabeth Báthory, the world's most prolific female serial killer (b. 1560)