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

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 August - 21.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1754  On this day in history birth of william Murdoch, Scottish inventor (d. 1839)   

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

1765  On August - 21 birth of william IV, king of England (1830-37)   

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

1780  Jernej Kopitar, Slovenian censor (Slovenian Grammar) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1800  On August - 21 birth of hiram Walden, American politician (d. 1880)   

1801  Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, WW II Dutch statesman/historian was born on this day in history.   

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

1809  On this day in history birth of francesco Schira, composer   

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

1813  Jean Stas, Belgian chemist (d. 1891) was born on August - 21.   

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  On August - 21 birth of kate Fanny Loder, composer   

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

1829  On August - 21 birth of otto Goldschmidt, composer   

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

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

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1131  On this day in history 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 August - 21.   

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 this day in history.   

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