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 August - 24.  

1210  Floris IV, Count of Holland was born on August - 24.  

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

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

1420  On August - 24 birth of albrecht van Eyb, German humanist/parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt)  

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

1552  Lavinia Fontana, Italian painter (d. 1614) was born on this day in history.  

1579  On August - 24 birth of john Amner, composer  

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

1591  On August - 24 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  Meinrad Spiess, composer was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1712  On this day in history birth of cornelis Douwes, Dutch mathematician/astronomer  

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

1759  William Wilberforce, British politician, philanthropist and leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade was born on August - 24.  

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  On this day in history birth of james Weddell, Ostend England, Antarctic explorer (Weddell Sea)  

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  On this day in history birth of daniel Gooch, laid 1st successful transatlantic cables  

1817  On this day in history birth of aleksei K Tolstoi, [Kozjma Prutkov], Russian poet/writer [OS]  

1817  Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Russian writer (d. 1875) was born on this day in history.  

1820  On this day in history birth of jacopo Tomadini, composer  

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

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  Magnus III Berbein, [Blootbeen], King of Norway (1093-1103), dies on this day in history.  

1217  On August - 24 eustace "the Monk", French buccaneer, dies in battle  

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 this day in history.  

1540  Death of Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, Italian painter (b. 1503) on August - 24.  

1542  Death of Gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (b. 1483) on August - 24.  

1572  On August - 24 death of gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded