Famous Birthdays In August - 24
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
1113 On August - 24 birth of geoffrey Plantagenet, France, conquered Normandy
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 August - 24.
1210 Floris IV, Count of Holland was born on August - 24.
1358 King John I of Castile (d. 1390) was born on this day in history.
1393 On this day in history birth of arthur III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1458)
1420 Albrecht van Eyb, German humanist/parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt) was born on this day in history.
1531 Ercole Bottrigari, composer was born on August - 24.
1552 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
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 Meinrad Spiess, composer was born on this day in history.
1694 Theodor A Freiherr von Neuhoff, German adventurer/king [or 8/25] was born on this day in history.
1707 On this day in history birth of selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon, English Evangelical Revivalist (d. 1791)
1712 Cornelis Douwes, Dutch mathematician/astronomer was born on August - 24.
1725 Johann Balthasar Kehl, composer was born on this day in history.
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 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 this day in history.
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 On August - 24 birth of james Weddell, Ostend England, Antarctic explorer (Weddell Sea)
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 Daniel Gooch, laid 1st successful transatlantic cables was born on August - 24.
1817 On August - 24 birth of aleksei K Tolstoi, [Kozjma Prutkov], Russian poet/writer [OS]
1817 On August - 24 birth of aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Russian writer (d. 1875)
1820 On this day in history birth of jacopo Tomadini, composer
1821 On August - 24 birth of emmanuele Muzio, composer
1827 On this day in history birth of walter Husted Stevens, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1867