Famous Personalities Born In August - 24

1113  Geoffrey Plantagenet, France, conquered Normandy was born on August - 24.   

1113  Geoffrey of Anjou, Count of Anjou (d. 1151) was born on August - 24.   

1198  King Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1249) was born on this day in history.   

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

1358  On this day in history birth of king John I of Castile (d. 1390)   

1393  Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1458) was born on August - 24.   

1420  Albrecht van Eyb, German humanist/parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt) was born on August - 24.   

1531  On August - 24 birth of ercole Bottrigari, composer   

1552  Lavinia Fontana, Italian painter (d. 1614) was born on this day in history.   

1579  On August - 24 birth of john Amner, composer   

1580  On this day in history birth of john Taylor, English poet (d. 1654)   

1591  On this day in history 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 August - 24 birth of theodor A Freiherr von Neuhoff, German adventurer/king [or 8/25]   

1707  Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon, English Evangelical Revivalist (d. 1791) was born on August - 24.   

1712  On this day in history birth of cornelis Douwes, Dutch mathematician/astronomer   

1725  Johann Balthasar Kehl, composer was born on this day in history.   

1733  On August - 24 birth of david Traugott Nicolai, composer   

1750  Letizia Ramolino, mother of Napoleon Bonaparte (d. 1836) was born on August - 24.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1787  On August - 24 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 this day in history 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 this day in history birth of aleksei K Tolstoi, [Kozjma Prutkov], Russian poet/writer [OS]   

1817  On this day in history birth of aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Russian writer (d. 1875)   

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

1821  On this day in history birth of emmanuele Muzio, composer   

1827  On August - 24 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 this day in history magnus III Berbein, [Blootbeen], King of Norway (1093-1103), dies   

1217  On August - 24 eustace "the Monk", French buccaneer, dies in battle   

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

1371  On August - 24 death of eduard, duke of Gelre (1361-71), assasinated   

1540  On this day in history death of girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, Italian painter (b. 1503)   

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 this day in history.