Famous Birthdays In August - 24
Sunday, 03 December 2023
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