Famous Birthdays In August - 24

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

1113  Geoffrey of Anjou, Count of Anjou (d. 1151) was born on August - 24.  

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 August - 24.  

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 this day in history.  

1531  Ercole Bottrigari, composer was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1591  Robert Herrick, England, poet (Gather ye rosebuds) (baptized) was born on August - 24.  

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

1669  On August - 24 birth of alessandro Marcello, composer  

1683  On this day in history birth of meinrad Spiess, composer  

1694  On August - 24 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  Johann Balthasar Kehl, composer was born on this day in history.  

1733  On this day in history birth of david Traugott Nicolai, composer  

1750  On this day in history birth of letizia Ramolino, mother of Napoleon Bonaparte (d. 1836)  

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 this day in history birth of king William I of the Netherlands (d. 1840)  

1787  On this day in history birth of james Weddell, Ostend England, Antarctic explorer (Weddell Sea)  

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

1808  Thomas Fenwick Drayton, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1891 was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history birth of aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Russian writer (d. 1875)  

1820  Jacopo Tomadini, composer was born on August - 24.  

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 August - 24.  

1371  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded