Famous Birthdays In August - 21
Friday, 26 July 2024
1165 On August - 21 birth of philip II Augustus, 1st great Capetian king of France (1179-1223)
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 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 this day in history.
1643 On this day in history 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 Giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer (d. 1729) was born on this day in history.
1670 James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, French military leader (d. 1734) was born on August - 21.
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 On August - 21 birth of jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter
1751 On this day in history birth of johann Georg Witthauer, composer
1754 William Murdoch, Scottish inventor (d. 1839) was born on August - 21.
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 this day in history.
1765 On August - 21 birth of william IV of the United Kingdom (d. 1837)
1780 On August - 21 birth of jernej Kopitar, Slovenian censor (Slovenian Grammar)
1789 Augustin-Louis, Baron Cauchy, French mathematician was born on this day in history.
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 Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, WW II Dutch statesman/historian was born on August - 21.
1806 On this day in history birth of johannes Frederick Frohlich, composer
1809 Francesco Schira, composer was born on August - 21.
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 On August - 21 birth of karl Gegenbaur, German anatomist (d. 1903)
1829 On August - 21 birth of otto Goldschmidt, composer
1847 Arthur T Verhaegen, Belgian worker's union leader was born on August - 21.
1852 On this day in history birth of benedetto Junck, composer