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

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

1358  On this day in history birth of king John I of Castile (d. 1390)  

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 this day in history.  

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

1579  John Amner, composer was born on this day in history.  

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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 August - 24 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  Theodor A Freiherr von Neuhoff, German adventurer/king [or 8/25] was born on this day in history.  

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  Johann Balthasar Kehl, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1759  On August - 24 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  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 this day in history.  

1808  On August - 24 birth of benjamin Grubb Humphreys, Brig General (Confederate Army)  

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  Aleksei K Tolstoi, [Kozjma Prutkov], Russian poet/writer [OS] was born on August - 24.  

1817  Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Russian writer (d. 1875) was born on August - 24.  

1820  On August - 24 birth of jacopo Tomadini, composer  

1821  Emmanuele Muzio, composer was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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  On August - 24 henry VII, Roman Catholic German King/emperor (1308/12-13), dies  

1371  Death of Eduard, duke of Gelre (1361-71), assasinated on this day in history.  

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  On August - 24 death of gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded