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  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 August - 21.  

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 this day in history birth of jose Pradas Gallen, composer  

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1721  Lucretia W van Winter-van Merken, Dutch poet was born on August - 21.  

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 August - 21 birth of william Murdoch, Scottish inventor (d. 1839)  

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  On August - 21 birth of jernej Kopitar, Slovenian censor (Slovenian Grammar)  

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

1798  On August - 21 birth of jules Michelet, French historian (History of France, L'Amour)  

1800  Hiram Walden, American politician (d. 1880) was born on this day in history.  

1801  Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, WW II Dutch statesman/historian was born on August - 21.  

1806  Johannes Frederick Frohlich, composer was born on August - 21.  

1809  On this day in history birth of francesco Schira, composer  

1810  On August - 21 birth of thomas Jefferson McKean, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)  

1813  Jean Stas, Belgian chemist (d. 1891) was born on August - 21.  

1816  Charles Frédéric Gerhardt, French chemist (d. 1856) was born on this day in history.  

1821  William Barksdale, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863 was born on this day in history.  

1824  John Sanford Mason, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1897 was born on August - 21.  

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  Benedetto Junck, composer was born on August - 21.  

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

1157  Death of King Alfonso VII of Castile (b. 1104/1105) on this day in history.  

1190  On August - 21 godfried III, duke of Brabant (Grimbergse war), dies  

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

1271  On August - 21 death of alphonse of Toulouse, son of Louis VIII of France (b. 1220)  

1516  John III van Egmont, [Manke John], viceroy of Holland, dies at 78 on August - 21.  

1581  On this day in history death of sakuma Nobumori, Japanese retainer and samurai (b. 1527)  

1614  On this day in history death of elizabeth Báthory, the world's most prolific female serial killer (b. 1560)