Famous Personalities Born In August - 24

1113  Geoffrey plantagenet: France, conquered normandy   

1113  Geoffrey of anjou: Count of anjou   

1198  King alexander ii of scotland: King alexander ii of scotland (d. 1249)   

1210  Floris iv: Count of holland   

1358  King john i of castile: King john i of castile (d. 1390)   

1393  Arthur iii: Duke of brittany   

1420  Albrecht van eyb: German humanist/parson (bamberg & eichstattt)   

1531  Ercole bottrigari: Composer   

1552  Lavinia fontana: Italian painter   

1579  John amner: Composer   

1580  John taylor: English poet   

1591  Robert herrick: England, poet (gather ye rosebuds) (baptized)   

1635  Peder griffenfeld: Danish statesman   

1669  Alessandro marcello: Composer   

1683  Meinrad spiess: Composer   

1694  Theodor a freiherr von neuhoff: German adventurer/king [or 8/25]   

1707  Selina hastings: Countess of huntingdon, english evangelical revivalist   

1712  Cornelis douwes: Dutch mathematician/astronomer   

1725  Johann balthasar kehl: Composer   

1733  David traugott nicolai: Composer   

1750  Letizia ramolino: Mother of napoleon bonaparte   

1758  Sophia frederica of mecklenburg-schwerin: Queen of denmark and norway   

1759  William wilberforce: British politician, philanthropist and leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade   

1772  Willem i frederik: Grand duke of luxembourg/king of neth (1814-40)   

1772  King william i of the netherlands: King william i of the netherlands (d. 1840)   

1787  James weddell: Ostend england, antarctic explorer (weddell sea)   

1808  Benjamin grubb humphreys: Brig general (confederate army)   

1808  Thomas fenwick drayton: Brig general (confederate army), died in 1891   

1816  Daniel gooch: Laid 1st successful transatlantic cables   

1817  Aleksei k tolstoi: [kozjma prutkov], russian poet/writer [os]   

1817  Aleksey konstantinovich tolstoy: Russian writer   

1820  Jacopo tomadini: Composer   

1821  Emmanuele muzio: Composer   

1827  Walter husted stevens: Brig general (confederate army), died in 1867   

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0079  Pliny the elder: Roman writer and naturalist (b. 23)   

1103  Magnus iii berbein: [blootbeen], king of norway (1093-1103),   

1217  Eustace "the monk": French buccaneer,   

1313  Henry vii: Roman catholic german king/emperor (1308/12-13),   

1371  Eduard: Duke of gelre (1361-71), assasinated   

1540  Girolamo francesco maria mazzola: Italian painter (b. 1503)   

1542  Gasparo contarini: Italian diplomat and cardinal (b. 1483)   

1572  Gaspard de châtillon: Count the coligny, french gen/admiral, beheaded