Famous Birthdays In August - 21
Monday, 18 March 2024
1165 On August - 21 birth of philip II Augustus, 1st great Capetian king of France (1179-1223)
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 On this day in history birth of roger Twysden, English antiquarian and royalist (d. 1672)
1642 On this day in history birth of johann Friedrich Treiber, composer
1643 Afonso VI, king of Portugal (1656-67) (mentally ill) was born on this day in history.
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 James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, French military leader (d. 1734) was born on August - 21.
1689 On August - 21 birth of jose Pradas Gallen, composer
1721 On August - 21 birth of lucretia W van Winter-van Merken, Dutch poet
1725 Jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter was born on this day in history.
1751 On August - 21 birth of johann Georg Witthauer, composer
1754 On August - 21 birth of william Murdoch, Scottish inventor (d. 1839)
1754 Banastre Tarleton, British soldier and politician (d. 1833) was born on August - 21.
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 Jernej Kopitar, Slovenian censor (Slovenian Grammar) was born on this day in history.
1789 On this day in history birth of augustin-Louis, Baron Cauchy, French mathematician
1798 Jules Michelet, French historian (History of France, L'Amour) was born on this day in history.
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 On August - 21 birth of johannes Frederick Frohlich, composer
1809 On this day in history birth of francesco Schira, composer
1810 Thomas Jefferson McKean, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) was born on August - 21.
1813 On August - 21 birth of jean Stas, Belgian chemist (d. 1891)
1816 Charles Frédéric Gerhardt, French chemist (d. 1856) was born on August - 21.
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 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 Otto Goldschmidt, composer was born on August - 21.
1847 On this day in history birth of arthur T Verhaegen, Belgian worker's union leader
1852 Benedetto Junck, composer was born on August - 21.