Famous Birthdays In August - 21

1165  Philip II Augustus, 1st great Capetian king of France (1179-1223) was born on August - 21.  

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

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 this day in history birth of johann Friedrich Treiber, composer  

1643  On this day in history birth of afonso VI, king of Portugal (1656-67) (mentally ill)  

1660  Hubert Gautier, engineer, wrote 1st book on bridge building was born on this day in history.  

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 August - 21.  

1689  Jose Pradas Gallen, composer was born on August - 21.  

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1721  On August - 21 birth of lucretia W van Winter-van Merken, Dutch poet  

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

1751  Johann Georg Witthauer, composer was born on August - 21.  

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

1754  On August - 21 birth of banastre Tarleton, British soldier and politician (d. 1833)  

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

1801  Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, WW II Dutch statesman/historian was born on August - 21.  

1806  Johannes Frederick Frohlich, composer was born on August - 21.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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  Arthur T Verhaegen, Belgian worker's union leader was born on this day in history.  

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