Famous Birthdays In August - 24

1113  On August - 24 birth of geoffrey Plantagenet, France, conquered Normandy  

1113  On August - 24 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 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  On August - 24 birth of ercole Bottrigari, composer  

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

1579  On this day in history birth of john Amner, composer  

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

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 August - 24.  

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 this day in history.  

1725  On this day in history birth of johann Balthasar Kehl, composer  

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

1750  On August - 24 birth of letizia Ramolino, mother of Napoleon Bonaparte (d. 1836)  

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

1759  On this day in history birth of 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) was born on August - 24.  

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

1787  On this day in history birth of james Weddell, Ostend England, Antarctic explorer (Weddell Sea)  

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

1808  On August - 24 birth of thomas Fenwick Drayton, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1891  

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  Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Russian writer (d. 1875) was born on August - 24.  

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

1821  Emmanuele Muzio, composer was born on August - 24.  

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

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0079  Death of Pliny the Elder, Roman writer and naturalist (b. 23) on August - 24.  

1103  Magnus III Berbein, [Blootbeen], King of Norway (1093-1103), dies on August - 24.  

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  On August - 24 death of girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, Italian painter (b. 1503)  

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 August - 24.