Famous Birthdays In August - 21

1165  Philip II Augustus, 1st great Capetian king of France (1179-1223) was born on this day in history.  

1535  Shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1619) was born on August - 21.  

1567  Francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint was born on August - 21.  

1597  On August - 21 birth of roger Twysden, English antiquarian and royalist (d. 1672)  

1642  Johann Friedrich Treiber, composer was born on this day in history.  

1643  On this day in history 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 August - 21.  

1689  On this day in history birth of jose Pradas Gallen, composer  

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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 this day in history.  

1754  William Murdoch, Scottish inventor (d. 1839) was born on August - 21.  

1754  Banastre Tarleton, British soldier and politician (d. 1833) was born on this day in history.  

1765  William IV, king of England (1830-37) was born on this day in history.  

1765  William IV of the United Kingdom (d. 1837) was born on August - 21.  

1780  Jernej Kopitar, Slovenian censor (Slovenian Grammar) was born on August - 21.  

1789  Augustin-Louis, Baron Cauchy, French mathematician was born on August - 21.  

1798  Jules Michelet, French historian (History of France, L'Amour) was born on August - 21.  

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  Johannes Frederick Frohlich, composer was born on this day in history.  

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 August - 21.  

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  On August - 21 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  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  Benedetto Junck, composer was born on this day in history.  

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1131  On August - 21 boudouin II van Bourg, king of Jerusalem, dies  

1157  On this day in history 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  Death of Alphonse of Toulouse, son of Louis VIII of France (b. 1220) on this day in history.  

1516  On this day in history john III van Egmont, [Manke John], viceroy of Holland, dies at 78  

1581  Death of Sakuma Nobumori, Japanese retainer and samurai (b. 1527) on August - 21.  

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