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  On this day in history birth of shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1619)   

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

1597  Roger Twysden, English antiquarian and royalist (d. 1672) was born on this day in history.   

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

1643  On this day in history birth of afonso VI, king of Portugal (1656-67) (mentally ill)   

1660  On this day in history birth of hubert Gautier, engineer, wrote 1st book on bridge building   

1665  Giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer (d. 1729) was born on August - 21.   

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

1689  On August - 21 birth of jose Pradas Gallen, composer   

1721  On this day in history birth of lucretia W van Winter-van Merken, Dutch poet   

1725  On this day in history birth of jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter   

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

1754  William Murdoch, Scottish inventor (d. 1839) was born on this day in history.   

1754  On August - 21 birth of banastre Tarleton, British soldier and politician (d. 1833)   

1765  On this day in history birth of william IV, king of England (1830-37)   

1765  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1800  Hiram Walden, American politician (d. 1880) was born on this day in history.   

1801  Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, WW II Dutch statesman/historian was born on this day in history.   

1806  On August - 21 birth of johannes Frederick Frohlich, composer   

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

1810  On this day in history birth of thomas Jefferson McKean, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

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

1816  Charles Frédéric Gerhardt, French chemist (d. 1856) was born on August - 21.   

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

1824  On August - 21 birth of john Sanford Mason, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1897   

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

1826  On this day in history birth of karl Gegenbaur, German anatomist (d. 1903)   

1829  Otto Goldschmidt, composer was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history boudouin II van Bourg, king of Jerusalem, dies   

1157  Death of King Alfonso VII of Castile (b. 1104/1105) on this day in history.   

1190  On this day in history 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 August - 21.   

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

1581  On August - 21 death of sakuma Nobumori, Japanese retainer and samurai (b. 1527)   

1614  Death of Elizabeth Báthory, the world's most prolific female serial killer (b. 1560) on this day in history.