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  On August - 24 birth of king Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1249)  

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

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  On this day in history birth of ercole Bottrigari, composer  

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

1579  John Amner, composer was born on this day in history.  

1580  On August - 24 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  On this day in history birth of theodor A Freiherr von Neuhoff, German adventurer/king [or 8/25]  

1707  On this day in history birth of selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon, English Evangelical Revivalist (d. 1791)  

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

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

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  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  On August - 24 birth of willem I Frederik, grand duke of Luxembourg/king of Neth (1814-40)  

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

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

1816  On August - 24 birth of daniel Gooch, laid 1st successful transatlantic cables  

1817  On August - 24 birth of aleksei K Tolstoi, [Kozjma Prutkov], Russian poet/writer [OS]  

1817  On August - 24 birth of aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Russian writer (d. 1875)  

1820  On August - 24 birth of jacopo Tomadini, composer  

1821  Emmanuele Muzio, composer was born on this day in history.  

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  On August - 24 magnus III Berbein, [Blootbeen], King of Norway (1093-1103), dies  

1217  Eustace "the Monk", French buccaneer, dies in battle on this day in history.  

1313  Henry VII, Roman Catholic German King/emperor (1308/12-13), dies on August - 24.  

1371  Death of Eduard, duke of Gelre (1361-71), assasinated on August - 24.  

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  Death of Gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded on August - 24.