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  On August - 21 birth of francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint  

1597  On this day in history birth of roger Twysden, English antiquarian and royalist (d. 1672)  

1642  Johann Friedrich Treiber, composer was born on this day in history.  

1643  Afonso VI, king of Portugal (1656-67) (mentally ill) was born on August - 21.  

1660  Hubert Gautier, engineer, wrote 1st book on bridge building was born on August - 21.  

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 this day in history.  

1689  On August - 21 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  Jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter was born on August - 21.  

1751  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1765  On this day in history birth of william IV, king of England (1830-37)  

1765  William IV of the United Kingdom (d. 1837) was born on this day in history.  

1780  Jernej Kopitar, Slovenian censor (Slovenian Grammar) was born on August - 21.  

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

1801  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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  On August - 21 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 this day in history.  

1826  On August - 21 birth of karl Gegenbaur, German anatomist (d. 1903)  

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

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

1245  Alexander van Hales, English scholar, dies on August - 21.  

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

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 August - 21.  

1614  On August - 21 death of elizabeth Báthory, the world's most prolific female serial killer (b. 1560)