Famous Birthdays In August - 24
Saturday, 28 January 2023
1113 Geoffrey Plantagenet, France, conquered Normandy was born on August - 24.
1113 Geoffrey of Anjou, Count of Anjou (d. 1151) was born on this day in history.
1198 On this day in history birth of king Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1249)
1210 On August - 24 birth of floris IV, Count of Holland
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 August - 24.
1531 Ercole Bottrigari, composer was born on this day in history.
1552 On this day in history birth of lavinia Fontana, Italian painter (d. 1614)
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 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 Theodor A Freiherr von Neuhoff, German adventurer/king [or 8/25] was born on this day in history.
1707 Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon, English Evangelical Revivalist (d. 1791) was born on August - 24.
1712 Cornelis Douwes, Dutch mathematician/astronomer was born on this day in history.
1725 Johann Balthasar Kehl, composer was born on August - 24.
1733 On August - 24 birth of david Traugott Nicolai, composer
1750 Letizia Ramolino, mother of Napoleon Bonaparte (d. 1836) was born on this day in history.
1758 On August - 24 birth of sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1794)
1759 On August - 24 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 On this day in history birth of king William I of the Netherlands (d. 1840)
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 this day in history birth of thomas Fenwick Drayton, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1891
1816 On this day in history birth of daniel Gooch, laid 1st successful transatlantic cables
1817 Aleksei K Tolstoi, [Kozjma Prutkov], Russian poet/writer [OS] was born on this day in history.
1817 Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Russian writer (d. 1875) was born on August - 24.
1820 On August - 24 birth of jacopo Tomadini, composer
1821 Emmanuele Muzio, composer was born on this day in history.
1827 Walter Husted Stevens, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1867 was born on this day in history.