Famous Personalities Born In August - 21

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 August - 21.   

1567  On August - 21 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 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 this day in history.   

1665  Giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer (d. 1729) was born on August - 21.   

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 this day in history.   

1721  On this day in history birth of lucretia W van Winter-van Merken, Dutch poet   

1725  On this day in history birth of jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter   

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  William IV, king of England (1830-37) was born on August - 21.   

1765  On August - 21 birth of william IV of the United Kingdom (d. 1837)   

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  Hiram Walden, American politician (d. 1880) was born on August - 21.   

1801  On August - 21 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 this day in history.   

1810  Thomas Jefferson McKean, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) was born on this day in history.   

1813  On August - 21 birth of jean Stas, Belgian chemist (d. 1891)   

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  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  Karl Gegenbaur, German anatomist (d. 1903) was born on this day in history.   

1829  Otto Goldschmidt, composer was born on this day in history.   

1847  On August - 21 birth of arthur T Verhaegen, Belgian worker's union leader   

1852  On August - 21 birth of benedetto Junck, composer   

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1131  On this day in history boudouin II van Bourg, king of Jerusalem, dies   

1157  On August - 21 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  Alexander van Hales, English scholar, dies on August - 21.   

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 this day in history.   

1614  Death of Elizabeth Báthory, the world's most prolific female serial killer (b. 1560) on August - 21.