Famous Personalities Born In August - 24

1113  Geoffrey Plantagenet, France, conquered Normandy was born on August - 24.   

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

1198  King Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1249) was born on August - 24.   

1210  On August - 24 birth of floris IV, Count of Holland   

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  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  Lavinia Fontana, Italian painter (d. 1614) was born on August - 24.   

1579  On this day in history birth of john Amner, composer   

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 this day in history.   

1635  On this day in history birth of peder Griffenfeld, Danish statesman (d. 1699)   

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

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

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

1707  On August - 24 birth of selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon, English Evangelical Revivalist (d. 1791)   

1712  Cornelis Douwes, Dutch mathematician/astronomer was born on August - 24.   

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

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  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 August - 24 birth of willem I Frederik, grand duke of Luxembourg/king of Neth (1814-40)   

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 August - 24.   

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  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  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.   

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0079  On this day in history death of pliny the Elder, Roman writer and naturalist (b. 23)   

1103  On August - 24 magnus III Berbein, [Blootbeen], King of Norway (1093-1103), dies   

1217  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of eduard, duke of Gelre (1361-71), assasinated   

1540  On this day in history death of girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, Italian painter (b. 1503)   

1542  On August - 24 death of gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (b. 1483)   

1572  Death of Gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded on this day in history.