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 this day in history.  

1567  Francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint was born on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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  James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, French military leader (d. 1734) was born on this day in history.  

1689  On August - 21 birth of jose Pradas Gallen, composer  

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

1725  On this day in history birth of jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter  

1751  Johann Georg Witthauer, composer was born on this day in history.  

1754  On August - 21 birth of william Murdoch, Scottish inventor (d. 1839)  

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

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

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 this day in history.  

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 August - 21 birth of guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, WW II Dutch statesman/historian  

1806  On August - 21 birth of johannes Frederick Frohlich, composer  

1809  Francesco Schira, composer was born on August - 21.  

1810  Thomas Jefferson McKean, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) was born on August - 21.  

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

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  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 August - 21 birth of benedetto Junck, composer  

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

1157  Death of King Alfonso VII of Castile (b. 1104/1105) on August - 21.  

1190  Godfried III, duke of Brabant (Grimbergse war), dies on this day in history.  

1245  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

1614  Death of Elizabeth Báthory, the world's most prolific female serial killer (b. 1560) on this day in history.