Famous Birthdays In August - 24

1113  Geoffrey Plantagenet, France, conquered Normandy was born on this day in history.   

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 August - 24.   

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

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

1591  Robert Herrick, England, poet (Gather ye rosebuds) (baptized) was born on August - 24.   

1635  On this day in history birth of peder Griffenfeld, Danish statesman (d. 1699)   

1669  On this day in history birth of alessandro Marcello, composer   

1683  Meinrad Spiess, composer was born on this day in history.   

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 August - 24.   

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

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

1758  On this day in history birth of sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1794)   

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 this day in history.   

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

1787  James Weddell, Ostend England, Antarctic explorer (Weddell Sea) was born on August - 24.   

1808  Benjamin Grubb Humphreys, Brig General (Confederate Army) was born on August - 24.   

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 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 this day in history.   

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

1313  On this day in history henry VII, Roman Catholic German King/emperor (1308/12-13), dies   

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

1540  Death of Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, Italian painter (b. 1503) on August - 24.   

1542  On this day in history death of gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (b. 1483)   

1572  Death of Gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded on August - 24.