Famous Personalities Born 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  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 this day in history.   

1642  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer (d. 1729)   

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   

1721  On this day in history birth of lucretia W van Winter-van Merken, Dutch poet   

1725  Jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter was born on August - 21.   

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

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  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 this day in history 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 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  On this day in history birth of jean Stas, Belgian chemist (d. 1891)   

1816  On this day in history birth of charles Frédéric Gerhardt, French chemist (d. 1856)   

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  On this day in history birth of kate Fanny Loder, composer   

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

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

1847  On this day in history 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 August - 21 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 this day in history.   

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