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 this day in history birth of king Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1249)  

1210  On this day in history birth of floris IV, Count of Holland  

1358  King John I of Castile (d. 1390) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history birth of lavinia Fontana, Italian painter (d. 1614)  

1579  On this day in history birth of john Amner, composer  

1580  John Taylor, English poet (d. 1654) was born on August - 24.  

1591  On this day in history birth of robert Herrick, England, poet (Gather ye rosebuds) (baptized)  

1635  On August - 24 birth of peder Griffenfeld, Danish statesman (d. 1699)  

1669  Alessandro Marcello, composer was born on this day in history.  

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  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 August - 24.  

1750  On this day in history birth of letizia Ramolino, mother of Napoleon Bonaparte (d. 1836)  

1758  On August - 24 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  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1808  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.  

1820  Jacopo Tomadini, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1827  Walter Husted Stevens, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1867 was born on this day in history.  

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0079  On August - 24 death of pliny the Elder, Roman writer and naturalist (b. 23)  

1103  Magnus III Berbein, [Blootbeen], King of Norway (1093-1103), dies on this day in history.  

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

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

1371  On this day in history death of eduard, duke of Gelre (1361-71), assasinated  

1540  On August - 24 death of girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, Italian painter (b. 1503)  

1542  On August - 24 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.