Famous Birthdays In February - 24

1103  Emperor Toba of Japan (d. 1156) was born on this day in history.  

1304  On this day in history birth of muhammad ibn Battutah, Arab travel writer (Travels in Asia & Africa)  

1304  Ibn Battuta, Arabian explorer (d. 1368) ? was born on this day in history.  

1463  Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italy, scholar/platonist was born on February - 24.  

1500  Carlos V, King of Spain (1516-56)/Holy Roman Emperor was born on February - 24.  

1501  On February - 24 birth of sixt(us) Birck [Xystus Betulius], German writer (Suzanna)  

1536  Clement VIII, [Ippolito Aldofireini], Fano Italy, Pope (1592-1605) was born on this day in history.  

1545  On February - 24 birth of don John of Austria, Spanish military leader (d. 1578)  

1547  Jan of Austria, Spanish military man/land guardian of the Netherland was born on this day in history.  

1557  On this day in history birth of matthias, Vienna, Holy Roman emperor (1612-19)  

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1595  On this day in history birth of matthias C Sarbiewski, [Sarbievius], Polish jesuit/poet  

1597  Vincent Voiture, French poet (d. 1648) was born on February - 24.  

1619  Charles Le Brun, French artist (d. 1690) was born on February - 24.  

1622  On February - 24 birth of johannes Clauberg, German theologian and philosopher (d. 1665)  

1679  On February - 24 birth of domenico Natale Sarro, Italian opera composer  

1684  Catherine I, Empress of Russia 1725-27, Dorpat, Estonia was born on this day in history.  

1684  On this day in history birth of matthias Braun, Czech sculptor (d. 1738)  

1693  James Quin, English actor (d. 1766) was born on February - 24.  

1697  On this day in history birth of bernard S Albinus, [Weiss], German surgeon/anatomist  

1704  On February - 24 birth of hubert Renotte, composer  

1709  On this day in history birth of jacques de Vaucanson, French inventor (d. 1782)  

1717  Bernhard Hupfeld, composer was born on February - 24.  

1723  On this day in history birth of john Burgoyne, British general (d. 1792)  

1766  On February - 24 birth of samuel Wesley, Bristol England, composer/organist (Exultate Deo)  

1771  Johann Baptist Cramer, German/British pianist/composer/publisher was born on this day in history.  

1774  Prince Adolphus, 1st Duke of Cambridge (d. 1850) was born on this day in history.  

1786  Wilhelm Karl Grimm, Hanau Germany, story teller (Grimm's Fairy Tales) was born on February - 24.  

1786  On this day in history birth of martin W. Bates. U.S. Senator from Delaware (d. 1869)  

1797  Samuel Lover, composer was born on this day in history.  

1809  On this day in history birth of edwin H K Freiherr von Manteuffel, governor/viceroy (Elzas-Lutherian)  

1811  On February - 24 birth of daniel A Payne, Bishop/reformer/educator of AME Church  

1811  On this day in history birth of edward Dickinson Baker, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1861  

1824  On this day in history birth of john Crawford Vaughn, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1875  

1827  On February - 24 birth of charles Davis Jameson, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1862  

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0616  Death of King Ethelbert of Kent on this day in history.  

1525  On February - 24 death of guillaume Gouffier, seigneur de Bonnivet, French soldier  

1563  Death of Francois Guise, French general/duke, assassinated at 44 on February - 24.  

1588  Death of Johann Weyer, Dutch physician and occultist on this day in history.  

1642  Marco da Gagliano, Italian opera composer, dies at about 66 on this day in history.  

1666  Nicholas Lanier, composer, dies at 77 on February - 24.  

1674  On this day in history death of matthias Weckmann, German composer (b. 1616)  

1685  Death of Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle, English politician and military leader (b. 1629) on February - 24.