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  Johann Friedrich Treiber, composer was born on this day in history.  

1643  On August - 21 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 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 August - 21 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  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 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 this day in history.  

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

1809  On August - 21 birth of francesco Schira, composer  

1810  Thomas Jefferson McKean, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) was born on this day in history.  

1813  On this day in history birth of jean Stas, Belgian chemist (d. 1891)  

1816  Charles Frédéric Gerhardt, French chemist (d. 1856) was born on this day in history.  

1821  On this day in history 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  Kate Fanny Loder, composer was born on August - 21.  

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

1829  On August - 21 birth of otto Goldschmidt, composer  

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  On August - 21 boudouin II van Bourg, king of Jerusalem, dies  

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 this day in history 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  On this day in history death of sakuma Nobumori, Japanese retainer and samurai (b. 1527)  

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