Famous Birthdays In August - 24

1113  On August - 24 birth of geoffrey Plantagenet, France, conquered Normandy   

1113  Geoffrey of Anjou, Count of Anjou (d. 1151) was born on August - 24.   

1198  On this day in history birth of king Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1249)   

1210  On August - 24 birth of floris IV, Count of Holland   

1358  King John I of Castile (d. 1390) was born on August - 24.   

1393  On this day in history birth of arthur III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1458)   

1420  Albrecht van Eyb, German humanist/parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt) was born on August - 24.   

1531  On this day in history birth of ercole Bottrigari, composer   

1552  On this day in history birth of lavinia Fontana, Italian painter (d. 1614)   

1579  On August - 24 birth of john Amner, composer   

1580  On this day in history birth of john Taylor, English poet (d. 1654)   

1591  On this day in history birth of robert Herrick, England, poet (Gather ye rosebuds) (baptized)   

1635  Peder Griffenfeld, Danish statesman (d. 1699) was born on this day in history.   

1669  On this day in history birth of alessandro Marcello, composer   

1683  On August - 24 birth of meinrad Spiess, composer   

1694  Theodor A Freiherr von Neuhoff, German adventurer/king [or 8/25] was born on this day in history.   

1707  Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon, English Evangelical Revivalist (d. 1791) was born on August - 24.   

1712  Cornelis Douwes, Dutch mathematician/astronomer was born on August - 24.   

1725  On this day in history birth of johann Balthasar Kehl, composer   

1733  David Traugott Nicolai, composer was born on August - 24.   

1750  On August - 24 birth of letizia Ramolino, mother of Napoleon Bonaparte (d. 1836)   

1758  On this day in history birth of sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1794)   

1759  On August - 24 birth of william Wilberforce, British politician, philanthropist and leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade   

1772  On August - 24 birth of willem I Frederik, grand duke of Luxembourg/king of Neth (1814-40)   

1772  On August - 24 birth of king William I of the Netherlands (d. 1840)   

1787  James Weddell, Ostend England, Antarctic explorer (Weddell Sea) was born on this day in history.   

1808  On this day in history birth of benjamin Grubb Humphreys, Brig General (Confederate Army)   

1808  Thomas Fenwick Drayton, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1891 was born on August - 24.   

1816  On August - 24 birth of daniel Gooch, laid 1st successful transatlantic cables   

1817  Aleksei K Tolstoi, [Kozjma Prutkov], Russian poet/writer [OS] was born on this day in history.   

1817  On this day in history birth of aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Russian writer (d. 1875)   

1820  Jacopo Tomadini, composer was born on this day in history.   

1821  Emmanuele Muzio, composer was born on this day in history.   

1827  Walter Husted Stevens, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1867 was born on this day in history.   

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0079  Death of Pliny the Elder, Roman writer and naturalist (b. 23) on August - 24.   

1103  Magnus III Berbein, [Blootbeen], King of Norway (1093-1103), dies on August - 24.   

1217  Eustace "the Monk", French buccaneer, dies in battle on August - 24.   

1313  On this day in history henry VII, Roman Catholic German King/emperor (1308/12-13), dies   

1371  Death of Eduard, duke of Gelre (1361-71), assasinated on August - 24.   

1540  On this day in history death of girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, Italian painter (b. 1503)   

1542  On August - 24 death of gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (b. 1483)   

1572  Death of Gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded on August - 24.