Famous Birthdays In August - 24

1113  On this day in history birth of geoffrey Plantagenet, France, conquered Normandy  

1113  On this day in history birth of geoffrey of Anjou, Count of Anjou (d. 1151)  

1198  King Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1249) was born on August - 24.  

1210  On August - 24 birth of floris IV, Count of Holland  

1358  On this day in history 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  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 August - 24 birth of john Amner, composer  

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

1669  Alessandro Marcello, composer was born on August - 24.  

1683  On this day in history 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  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 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  Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1794) was born on August - 24.  

1759  On August - 24 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 August - 24 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 this day in history birth of benjamin Grubb Humphreys, Brig General (Confederate Army)  

1808  Thomas Fenwick Drayton, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1891 was born on August - 24.  

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 this day in history.  

1820  On August - 24 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  On August - 24 death of pliny the Elder, Roman writer and naturalist (b. 23)  

1103  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

1542  Death of Gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (b. 1483) on this day in history.  

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