Famous Personalities Born In August - 01
Tuesday, 15 April 2025
1313 Emperor Kogon of Japan (d. 1364) was born on August - 01.
1322 Peter van Herenthals, South Netherlands theologist/church historian was born on this day in history.
1377 On August - 01 birth of emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (d. 1433)
1495 On this day in history birth of jan Scorel, Dutch painter/architect
1520 Sigismund II Augustus, King of Poland (1548-72) was born on this day in history.
1545 On August - 01 birth of andrew Melville, Scottish theologian and religious reformer (d. 1622)
1555 On August - 01 birth of edward Kelley, English spirit medium (d. 1597)
1579 LuÃs Vélez de Guevara, Spanish writer (d. 1644) was born on this day in history.
1626 Sabbatai Zevi, Montenegrin rabbi, kabbalist, and founder of the Jewish Sabbatean movement (d. 1676) was born on this day in history.
1630 Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, English statesman (d. 1673) was born on August - 01.
1642 Ahmed II, 21st sultan of Turkey (1691-95) [or Feb 25, 1643] was born on August - 01.
1659 On August - 01 birth of antoine Mouque, composer
1685 Pietro Giuseppe Sandoni, composer was born on August - 01.
1686 On this day in history birth of benedetto Marcello, Italian author/composer (Lettera Famigliare)
1713 On August - 01 birth of charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1780)
1714 Richard Wilson, Welsh landscape painter was born on this day in history.
1738 Jacques François Dugommier, French general (d. 1794) was born on August - 01.
1744 On August - 01 birth of jean-Baptiste-Pierre-Antoine Monnet de Lamarck, French zoologist
1753 On August - 01 birth of charles, 3rd earl Stanhope, England, radical politician/scientist
1755 Giuseppe Antonio Capuzzi, composer was born on August - 01.
1766 Ignaz Anton Franz Xavier Ladurner, pianist/composer was born on this day in history.
1766 Jeffrey Wyatville, architect was born on August - 01.
1770 William Clark, Charlottsville VA, 2nd lt of Lewis & Clark Expedition was born on this day in history.
1779 Francis Scott Key, composer (Star-Spangled Banner) was born on this day in history.
1779 Lorenz Oken, German naturalist (d. 1851) was born on August - 01.
1786 On August - 01 birth of louis C Luzac, judge/Dutch Internal minister
1814 On August - 01 birth of maxcy Gregg, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862
1815 Richard Henry Dana, novelist/lawyer spent 2 years before mast was born on August - 01.
1818 Maria Mitchell, 1st US woman astronomer on Nantucket Island was born on this day in history.
1819 On August - 01 birth of herman Melville, US, author (Moby Dick, Billy Budd)
1824 Edward Francis Fitzwilliam, composer was born on this day in history.
1837 Mother Jones, American labor organizer (d. 1930) was born on August - 01.
1840 Aldine Sillman Kieffer, composer was born on August - 01.
1843 Robert Todd Lincoln, Capt (Union volunteers), died in 1926 was born on this day in history.