Famous Birthdays In January - 24

1287  On this day in history birth of richard Aungerville, English bishop (d. 1345)  

1444  On this day in history birth of galeazzo Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan (d. 1476)  

1638  On this day in history birth of charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset, English poet (d. 1706)  

1664  John Vanbrugh, London, dramatist/architect (baptized) was born on January - 24.  

1670  On this day in history birth of william Congreve, English playwright (d. 1729)  

1674  Thomas Tanner, English bishop (d. 1735) was born on January - 24.  

1679  On January - 24 birth of christian von Wolff, German philosopher  

1705  On January - 24 birth of farinelli, [Carlo Broschi], Andria Italy, castrato  

1712  On January - 24 birth of frederick II, (the Great), king of Prussia (1740-86)  

1712  On this day in history birth of georg F Schmidt, German engraver/etcher  

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1724  On January - 24 birth of frances Brooke, English writer (d. 1789)  

1732  Pierre de Baumarchais, France, playwright (Barber of Seville) was born on January - 24.  

1742  Anne, Duchess of Cumberland and Strathearn (d. 1808) was born on this day in history.  

1746  Gustav III, king during Swedish Enlightenment (1771-92) was born on this day in history.  

1750  On this day in history birth of wybo Fijnje, Dutch politician/patriot/journalist  

1754  On January - 24 birth of andrew Ellicott, American surveyor (d. 1820)  

1758  On this day in history birth of johann Chrysostomus Drexel, composer  

1763  Louis Alexandre Andrault de Langeron, Russian general (d. 1831) was born on January - 24.  

1767  Antony CW Staring, Dutch lawyer/poet (Jaromir) was born on January - 24.  

1774  On January - 24 birth of karl Moser, composer  

1776  On January - 24 birth of ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann, German writer/judge/composer (Undine)  

1778  On this day in history birth of charles F, duke of Berry/son of French king Charles X  

1779  On January - 24 birth of elizabeth Alexeievna (Louise of Baden), Russian tsarina (d. 1826)  

1798  On January - 24 birth of karl von Holtei, Silezian actor/playwright (Die Vagabunden)  

1798  On January - 24 birth of karl von Staudt, German math professor (projective geometrician)  

1800  On January - 24 birth of edwin Chadwick, British social reformer  

1814  On January - 24 birth of abraham Czn van Stolk, Dutch art collector  

1814  Abraham Czn van Stolk, resources/art collector was born on January - 24.  

1820  John Milton Thayer, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1906 was born on this day in history.  

1828  Adam Jacoby Slemmer, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1868 was born on January - 24.  

1828  Ferdinand J Cohn, German botanist/publicist was born on January - 24.  

1828  On this day in history birth of karol Studzinski, composer  

1829  On January - 24 birth of william Mason, composer  

1832  John Pegram, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1865 was born on January - 24.  

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0041  On this day in history death of caligula, [G C Germanicus], Roman emperor (37-41), assassinated at 28  

0661  Death of Ali ibn Abu Talib, kalief of Islam (656-61), murdered on this day in history.  

0772  On January - 24 stefanus III/IV, pope (768-72), dies  

0817  On January - 24 stefanus IV, pope (816-17), dies  

1125  On this day in history death of david IV of Georgia (b. 1073)  

1336  Alfonso IV, the Benignant, king of Aragon (1327-36), dies at 36 on this day in history.  

1366  On this day in history death of alfonso IV of Aragon (b. 1299)  

1376  On January - 24 death of richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel, English military leader