Famous Birthdays In August - 21
Tuesday, 28 November 2023
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 this day in history birth of francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint
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 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 August - 21.
1665 On August - 21 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 Jose Pradas Gallen, composer was born on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1751 Johann Georg Witthauer, composer was born on this day in history.
1754 On this day in history birth of william Murdoch, Scottish inventor (d. 1839)
1754 On this day in history birth of banastre Tarleton, British soldier and politician (d. 1833)
1765 On this day in history 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 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 August - 21.
1806 Johannes Frederick Frohlich, composer was born on this day in history.
1809 Francesco Schira, composer was born on August - 21.
1810 On August - 21 birth of thomas Jefferson McKean, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1813 On this day in history birth of jean Stas, Belgian chemist (d. 1891)
1816 On August - 21 birth of charles Frédéric Gerhardt, French chemist (d. 1856)
1821 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
1825 On this day in history birth of kate Fanny Loder, composer
1826 Karl Gegenbaur, German anatomist (d. 1903) was born on this day in history.
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.