Famous Personalities Born In August - 21

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

1535  On this day in history birth of shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1619)   

1567  On August - 21 birth of francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint   

1597  Roger Twysden, English antiquarian and royalist (d. 1672) was born on August - 21.   

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 this day in history.   

1660  Hubert Gautier, engineer, wrote 1st book on bridge building was born on August - 21.   

1665  On August - 21 birth of giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer (d. 1729)   

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

1689  On this day in history birth of jose Pradas Gallen, composer   

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

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

1751  On August - 21 birth of johann Georg Witthauer, composer   

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

1754  Banastre Tarleton, British soldier and politician (d. 1833) was born on August - 21.   

1765  On August - 21 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  On this day in history birth of jernej Kopitar, Slovenian censor (Slovenian Grammar)   

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

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

1800  On this day in history birth of hiram Walden, American politician (d. 1880)   

1801  On this day in history birth of guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, WW II Dutch statesman/historian   

1806  On this day in history birth of johannes Frederick Frohlich, composer   

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

1810  On August - 21 birth of thomas Jefferson McKean, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

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 August - 21.   

1824  On this day in history birth of john Sanford Mason, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1897   

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

1826  On this day in history birth of karl Gegenbaur, German anatomist (d. 1903)   

1829  Otto Goldschmidt, composer was born on August - 21.   

1847  Arthur T Verhaegen, Belgian worker's union leader was born on August - 21.   

1852  Benedetto Junck, composer was born on this day in history.   

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1131  On August - 21 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 this day in history.   

1245  On August - 21 alexander van Hales, English scholar, dies   

1271  Death of Alphonse of Toulouse, son of Louis VIII of France (b. 1220) on August - 21.   

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

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

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