Famous Birthdays In August - 21

1165  Philip II Augustus, 1st great Capetian king of France (1179-1223) was born on this day in history.  

1535  On August - 21 birth of shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1619)  

1567  On this day in history birth of francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint  

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

1642  On this day in history birth of johann Friedrich Treiber, composer  

1643  Afonso VI, king of Portugal (1656-67) (mentally ill) was born on August - 21.  

1660  On this day in history 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  On August - 21 birth of james FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, French military leader (d. 1734)  

1689  Jose Pradas Gallen, composer was born on this day in history.  

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1721  Lucretia W van Winter-van Merken, Dutch poet was born on August - 21.  

1725  On August - 21 birth of jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter  

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

1765  William IV, king of England (1830-37) was born on August - 21.  

1765  On August - 21 birth of william IV of the United Kingdom (d. 1837)  

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

1789  Augustin-Louis, Baron Cauchy, French mathematician was born on this day in history.  

1798  On August - 21 birth of jules Michelet, French historian (History of France, L'Amour)  

1800  Hiram Walden, American politician (d. 1880) was born on this day in history.  

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

1806  Johannes Frederick Frohlich, composer was born on August - 21.  

1809  On August - 21 birth of francesco Schira, composer  

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 August - 21.  

1816  Charles Frédéric Gerhardt, French chemist (d. 1856) was born on this day in history.  

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  On August - 21 birth of karl Gegenbaur, German anatomist (d. 1903)  

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

1847  On August - 21 birth of arthur T Verhaegen, Belgian worker's union leader  

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 August - 21 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 August - 21.  

1271  On this day in history death of alphonse of Toulouse, son of Louis VIII of France (b. 1220)  

1516  On this day in history john III van Egmont, [Manke John], viceroy of Holland, dies at 78  

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

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