Famous Personalities Born In August - 24

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

1113  On August - 24 birth of geoffrey of Anjou, Count of Anjou (d. 1151)   

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

1210  Floris IV, Count of Holland was born on this day in history.   

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 August - 24.   

1531  Ercole Bottrigari, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1591  Robert Herrick, England, poet (Gather ye rosebuds) (baptized) was born on this day in history.   

1635  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1712  Cornelis Douwes, Dutch mathematician/astronomer was born on August - 24.   

1725  On this day in history birth of johann Balthasar Kehl, composer   

1733  David Traugott Nicolai, composer was born on August - 24.   

1750  Letizia Ramolino, mother of Napoleon Bonaparte (d. 1836) was born on this day in history.   

1758  Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1794) was born on August - 24.   

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 August - 24.   

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 this day in history.   

1808  Thomas Fenwick Drayton, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1891 was born on this day in history.   

1816  Daniel Gooch, laid 1st successful transatlantic cables was born on this day in history.   

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

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.   

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0079  On this day in history death of pliny the Elder, Roman writer and naturalist (b. 23)   

1103  On August - 24 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 this day in history.   

1371  Death of Eduard, duke of Gelre (1361-71), assasinated on August - 24.   

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

1542  Death of Gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (b. 1483) on August - 24.   

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