Famous Birthdays In August - 21

1165  On this day in history birth of philip II Augustus, 1st great Capetian king of France (1179-1223)  

1535  On August - 21 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  On August - 21 birth of roger Twysden, English antiquarian and royalist (d. 1672)  

1642  Johann Friedrich Treiber, composer was born on August - 21.  

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

1660  On August - 21 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 this day in history birth of james FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, French military leader (d. 1734)  

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

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

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

1765  On this day in history birth of william IV of the United Kingdom (d. 1837)  

1780  On August - 21 birth of jernej Kopitar, Slovenian censor (Slovenian Grammar)  

1789  On August - 21 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  On August - 21 birth of guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, WW II Dutch statesman/historian  

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

1809  On August - 21 birth of francesco Schira, composer  

1810  On this day in history birth of thomas Jefferson McKean, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)  

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

1816  On August - 21 birth of charles Frédéric Gerhardt, French chemist (d. 1856)  

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  On this day in history birth of karl Gegenbaur, German anatomist (d. 1903)  

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  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  Death of King Alfonso VII of Castile (b. 1104/1105) on this day in history.  

1190  On August - 21 godfried III, duke of Brabant (Grimbergse war), dies  

1245  Alexander van Hales, English scholar, dies on this day in history.  

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 August - 21 death of sakuma Nobumori, Japanese retainer and samurai (b. 1527)  

1614  On August - 21 death of elizabeth Báthory, the world's most prolific female serial killer (b. 1560)