Famous Personalities Born In August - 21

1165  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1597  On August - 21 birth of roger Twysden, English antiquarian and royalist (d. 1672)   

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

1643  Afonso VI, king of Portugal (1656-67) (mentally ill) was born on this day in history.   

1660  On this day in history birth of hubert Gautier, engineer, wrote 1st book on bridge building   

1665  On this day in history birth of giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer (d. 1729)   

1670  On August - 21 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  On August - 21 birth of jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter   

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

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

1754  Banastre Tarleton, British soldier and politician (d. 1833) was born on this day in history.   

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

1765  On this day in history birth of william IV of the United Kingdom (d. 1837)   

1780  On August - 21 birth of jernej Kopitar, Slovenian censor (Slovenian Grammar)   

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

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

1800  On August - 21 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  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  Charles Frédéric Gerhardt, French chemist (d. 1856) was born on August - 21.   

1821  On August - 21 birth of william Barksdale, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863   

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

1825  On August - 21 birth of kate Fanny Loder, composer   

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

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

1847  On this day in history birth of arthur T Verhaegen, Belgian worker's union leader   

1852  On this day in history birth of benedetto Junck, composer   

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1131  Boudouin II van Bourg, king of Jerusalem, dies on this day in history.   

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

1190  On this day in history godfried III, duke of Brabant (Grimbergse war), dies   

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

1271  On August - 21 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  Death of Sakuma Nobumori, Japanese retainer and samurai (b. 1527) on this day in history.   

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