Famous Personalities Born 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  Francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint was born on this day in history.   

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

1642  Johann Friedrich Treiber, composer was born on August - 21.   

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

1660  Hubert Gautier, engineer, wrote 1st book on bridge building was born on this day in history.   

1665  On August - 21 birth of giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer (d. 1729)   

1670  James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, French military leader (d. 1734) was born on August - 21.   

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  Johann Georg Witthauer, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1765  On August - 21 birth of william IV, king of England (1830-37)   

1765  William IV of the United Kingdom (d. 1837) was born on August - 21.   

1780  Jernej Kopitar, Slovenian censor (Slovenian Grammar) was born on August - 21.   

1789  On August - 21 birth of augustin-Louis, Baron Cauchy, French mathematician   

1798  On August - 21 birth of jules Michelet, French historian (History of France, L'Amour)   

1800  Hiram Walden, American politician (d. 1880) was born on August - 21.   

1801  On August - 21 birth of guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, WW II Dutch statesman/historian   

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

1809  Francesco Schira, composer was born on August - 21.   

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 August - 21 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  Karl Gegenbaur, German anatomist (d. 1903) was born on this day in history.   

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

1847  Arthur T Verhaegen, Belgian worker's union leader was born on this day in history.   

1852  On August - 21 birth of benedetto Junck, composer   

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1131  Boudouin II van Bourg, king of Jerusalem, dies on August - 21.   

1157  Death of King Alfonso VII of Castile (b. 1104/1105) on August - 21.   

1190  Godfried III, duke of Brabant (Grimbergse war), dies on this day in history.   

1245  Alexander van Hales, English scholar, dies on August - 21.   

1271  On this day in history death of alphonse of Toulouse, son of Louis VIII of France (b. 1220)   

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

1581  Death of Sakuma Nobumori, Japanese retainer and samurai (b. 1527) on August - 21.   

1614  On August - 21 death of elizabeth Báthory, the world's most prolific female serial killer (b. 1560)