Famous Birthdays In August - 24

1113  Geoffrey Plantagenet, France, conquered Normandy was born on August - 24.  

1113  Geoffrey of Anjou, Count of Anjou (d. 1151) was born on this day in history.  

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 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 August - 24.  

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

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 August - 24 birth of robert Herrick, England, poet (Gather ye rosebuds) (baptized)  

1635  Peder Griffenfeld, Danish statesman (d. 1699) was born on August - 24.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1725  Johann Balthasar Kehl, composer was born on August - 24.  

1733  On August - 24 birth of david Traugott Nicolai, composer  

1750  Letizia Ramolino, mother of Napoleon Bonaparte (d. 1836) was born on this day in history.  

1758  On August - 24 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 this day in history birth of king William I of the Netherlands (d. 1840)  

1787  James Weddell, Ostend England, Antarctic explorer (Weddell Sea) was born on August - 24.  

1808  On August - 24 birth of benjamin Grubb Humphreys, Brig General (Confederate Army)  

1808  On this day in history birth of thomas Fenwick Drayton, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1891  

1816  On this day in history 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  Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Russian writer (d. 1875) was born on August - 24.  

1820  On August - 24 birth of jacopo Tomadini, composer  

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

1103  On this day in history magnus III Berbein, [Blootbeen], King of Norway (1093-1103), dies  

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

1313  On August - 24 henry VII, Roman Catholic German King/emperor (1308/12-13), dies  

1371  Death of Eduard, duke of Gelre (1361-71), assasinated on this day in history.  

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 August - 24 death of gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded