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 August - 24.  

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

1210  Floris IV, Count of Holland was born on August - 24.  

1358  On August - 24 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  On this day in history birth of albrecht van Eyb, German humanist/parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt)  

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

1669  On August - 24 birth of alessandro Marcello, composer  

1683  On August - 24 birth of meinrad Spiess, composer  

1694  Theodor A Freiherr von Neuhoff, German adventurer/king [or 8/25] was born on August - 24.  

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

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  William Wilberforce, British politician, philanthropist and leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade was born on this day in history.  

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 August - 24.  

1808  Benjamin Grubb Humphreys, Brig General (Confederate Army) was born on August - 24.  

1808  On August - 24 birth of thomas Fenwick Drayton, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1891  

1816  Daniel Gooch, laid 1st successful transatlantic cables was born on this day in history.  

1817  On August - 24 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  Walter Husted Stevens, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1867 was born on August - 24.  

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0079  Death of Pliny the Elder, Roman writer and naturalist (b. 23) on August - 24.  

1103  Magnus III Berbein, [Blootbeen], King of Norway (1093-1103), dies on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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