Famous Birthdays In August - 24
Thursday, 08 June 2023
1113 Geoffrey Plantagenet, France, conquered Normandy was born on this day in history.
1113 On August - 24 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 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
1420 Albrecht van Eyb, German humanist/parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt) was born on this day in history.
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 this day in history birth of john Amner, composer
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 On August - 24 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 August - 24.
1712 On this day in history birth of cornelis Douwes, Dutch mathematician/astronomer
1725 Johann Balthasar Kehl, composer was born on August - 24.
1733 David Traugott Nicolai, composer was born on August - 24.
1750 On this day in history birth of letizia Ramolino, mother of Napoleon Bonaparte (d. 1836)
1758 On August - 24 birth of sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1794)
1759 On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 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 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 this day in history.
1817 Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Russian writer (d. 1875) was born on this day in history.
1820 Jacopo Tomadini, composer was born on this day in history.
1821 On this day in history birth of emmanuele Muzio, composer
1827 Walter Husted Stevens, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1867 was born on this day in history.