Famous Birthdays In August - 24

1113  Geoffrey Plantagenet, France, conquered Normandy was born on this day in history.  

1113  Geoffrey of Anjou, Count of Anjou (d. 1151) was born on this day in history.  

1198  On this day in history birth of king Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1249)  

1210  On August - 24 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 August - 24.  

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 August - 24 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 August - 24.  

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

1635  Peder Griffenfeld, Danish statesman (d. 1699) was born on this day in history.  

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

1683  Meinrad Spiess, composer was born on August - 24.  

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  On August - 24 birth of cornelis Douwes, Dutch mathematician/astronomer  

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

1733  On August - 24 birth of david Traugott Nicolai, composer  

1750  On August - 24 birth of letizia Ramolino, mother of Napoleon Bonaparte (d. 1836)  

1758  On this day in history 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  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  Thomas Fenwick Drayton, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1891 was born on August - 24.  

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 August - 24 birth of aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Russian writer (d. 1875)  

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

1103  Magnus III Berbein, [Blootbeen], King of Norway (1093-1103), dies on August - 24.  

1217  On this day in history eustace "the Monk", French buccaneer, dies in battle  

1313  On August - 24 henry VII, Roman Catholic German King/emperor (1308/12-13), dies  

1371  On August - 24 death of eduard, duke of Gelre (1361-71), assasinated  

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 this day in history.