Famous Birthdays In August - 24

1113  Geoffrey Plantagenet, France, conquered Normandy was born on this day in history.  

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

1198  King Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1249) was born on August - 24.  

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

1358  On August - 24 birth of king John I of Castile (d. 1390)  

1393  Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1458) was born on this day in history.  

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

1531  Ercole Bottrigari, composer was born on August - 24.  

1552  On August - 24 birth of lavinia Fontana, Italian painter (d. 1614)  

1579  John Amner, composer was born on August - 24.  

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1580  John Taylor, English poet (d. 1654) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1669  Alessandro Marcello, composer was born on this day in history.  

1683  Meinrad Spiess, composer was born on August - 24.  

1694  Theodor A Freiherr von Neuhoff, German adventurer/king [or 8/25] was born on August - 24.  

1707  On August - 24 birth of selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon, English Evangelical Revivalist (d. 1791)  

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

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

1733  On this day in history birth of david Traugott Nicolai, composer  

1750  On this day in history birth of letizia Ramolino, mother of Napoleon Bonaparte (d. 1836)  

1758  On August - 24 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  Willem I Frederik, grand duke of Luxembourg/king of Neth (1814-40) was born on August - 24.  

1772  King William I of the Netherlands (d. 1840) was born on August - 24.  

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

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

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 this day in history.  

1817  Aleksei K Tolstoi, [Kozjma Prutkov], Russian poet/writer [OS] was born on August - 24.  

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 August - 24 birth of emmanuele Muzio, composer  

1827  On this day in history birth of walter Husted Stevens, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1867  

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0079  On August - 24 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  On this day in history eustace "the Monk", French buccaneer, dies in battle  

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

1371  On this day in history death of eduard, duke of Gelre (1361-71), assasinated  

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 August - 24.  

1572  Death of Gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded on this day in history.