Famous Birthdays In August - 21

1165  On this day in history birth of philip II Augustus, 1st great Capetian king of France (1179-1223)   

1535  Shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1619) was born on this day in history.   

1567  On August - 21 birth of francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint   

1597  On August - 21 birth of roger Twysden, English antiquarian and royalist (d. 1672)   

1642  On this day in history birth of johann Friedrich Treiber, composer   

1643  On August - 21 birth of afonso VI, king of Portugal (1656-67) (mentally ill)   

1660  Hubert Gautier, engineer, wrote 1st book on bridge building was born on August - 21.   

1665  On this day in history birth of giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer (d. 1729)   

1670  On this day in history birth of james FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, French military leader (d. 1734)   

1689  On this day in history birth of jose Pradas Gallen, composer   

1721  Lucretia W van Winter-van Merken, Dutch poet was born on August - 21.   

1725  On August - 21 birth of jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter   

1751  On this day in history birth of johann Georg Witthauer, composer   

1754  On August - 21 birth of william Murdoch, Scottish inventor (d. 1839)   

1754  Banastre Tarleton, British soldier and politician (d. 1833) was born on August - 21.   

1765  William IV, king of England (1830-37) was born on August - 21.   

1765  On August - 21 birth of william IV of the United Kingdom (d. 1837)   

1780  On August - 21 birth of jernej Kopitar, Slovenian censor (Slovenian Grammar)   

1789  Augustin-Louis, Baron Cauchy, French mathematician was born on August - 21.   

1798  On this day in history birth of jules Michelet, French historian (History of France, L'Amour)   

1800  On this day in history birth of hiram Walden, American politician (d. 1880)   

1801  Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, WW II Dutch statesman/historian was born on August - 21.   

1806  Johannes Frederick Frohlich, composer was born on August - 21.   

1809  On this day in history birth of francesco Schira, composer   

1810  On August - 21 birth of thomas Jefferson McKean, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

1813  Jean Stas, Belgian chemist (d. 1891) was born on August - 21.   

1816  On August - 21 birth of charles Frédéric Gerhardt, French chemist (d. 1856)   

1821  On this day in history birth of william Barksdale, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863   

1824  On this day in history birth of john Sanford Mason, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1897   

1825  On August - 21 birth of kate Fanny Loder, composer   

1826  On August - 21 birth of karl Gegenbaur, German anatomist (d. 1903)   

1829  On this day in history birth of otto Goldschmidt, composer   

1847  Arthur T Verhaegen, Belgian worker's union leader was born on August - 21.   

1852  Benedetto Junck, composer was born on August - 21.   

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1131  On August - 21 boudouin II van Bourg, king of Jerusalem, dies   

1157  On August - 21 death of king Alfonso VII of Castile (b. 1104/1105)   

1190  On August - 21 godfried III, duke of Brabant (Grimbergse war), dies   

1245  On August - 21 alexander van Hales, English scholar, dies   

1271  Death of Alphonse of Toulouse, son of Louis VIII of France (b. 1220) on this day in history.   

1516  On August - 21 john III van Egmont, [Manke John], viceroy of Holland, dies at 78   

1581  On this day in history death of sakuma Nobumori, Japanese retainer and samurai (b. 1527)   

1614  On this day in history death of elizabeth Báthory, the world's most prolific female serial killer (b. 1560)