Famous Birthdays 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 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.  

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1131  Boudouin II van Bourg, king of Jerusalem, dies on August - 21.  

1157  On this day in history death of king Alfonso VII of Castile (b. 1104/1105)  

1190  Godfried III, duke of Brabant (Grimbergse war), dies on August - 21.  

1245  On August - 21 alexander van Hales, English scholar, dies  

1271  Death of Alphonse of Toulouse, son of Louis VIII of France (b. 1220) on August - 21.  

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

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 this day in history.