Famous Birthdays In August - 24

1113  On this day in history birth of geoffrey Plantagenet, France, conquered Normandy  

1113  On this day in history birth of geoffrey of Anjou, Count of Anjou (d. 1151)  

1198  King Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1249) was born on this day in history.  

1210  Floris IV, Count of Holland was born on this day in history.  

1358  King John I of Castile (d. 1390) was born on this day in history.  

1393  On August - 24 birth of arthur III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1458)  

1420  Albrecht van Eyb, German humanist/parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt) was born on this day in history.  

1531  Ercole Bottrigari, composer was born on this day in history.  

1552  Lavinia Fontana, Italian painter (d. 1614) was born on August - 24.  

1579  On August - 24 birth of john Amner, composer  

1580  John Taylor, English poet (d. 1654) was born on August - 24.  

1591  Robert Herrick, England, poet (Gather ye rosebuds) (baptized) was born on this day in history.  

1635  On this day in history birth of peder Griffenfeld, Danish statesman (d. 1699)  

1669  Alessandro Marcello, composer was born on August - 24.  

1683  On August - 24 birth of meinrad Spiess, composer  

1694  On August - 24 birth of theodor A Freiherr von Neuhoff, German adventurer/king [or 8/25]  

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 this day in history.  

1725  On August - 24 birth of johann Balthasar Kehl, composer  

1733  David Traugott Nicolai, composer was born on this day in history.  

1750  Letizia Ramolino, mother of Napoleon Bonaparte (d. 1836) was born on August - 24.  

1758  Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1794) was born on this day in history.  

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

1772  On this day in history birth of willem I Frederik, grand duke of Luxembourg/king of Neth (1814-40)  

1772  King William I of the Netherlands (d. 1840) was born on this day in history.  

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

1808  Benjamin Grubb Humphreys, Brig General (Confederate Army) was born on August - 24.  

1808  Thomas Fenwick Drayton, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1891 was born on this day in history.  

1816  Daniel Gooch, laid 1st successful transatlantic cables was born on August - 24.  

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  On August - 24 birth of jacopo Tomadini, composer  

1821  On this day in history birth of emmanuele Muzio, composer  

1827  On August - 24 birth of walter Husted Stevens, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1867  

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0079  On this day in history death of pliny the Elder, Roman writer and naturalist (b. 23)  

1103  On August - 24 magnus III Berbein, [Blootbeen], King of Norway (1093-1103), dies  

1217  Eustace "the Monk", French buccaneer, dies in battle on this day in history.  

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

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

1540  Death of Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, Italian painter (b. 1503) on this day in history.  

1542  Death of Gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (b. 1483) on this day in history.  

1572  On this day in history death of gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded