Famous Personalities Born In August - 21

1165  On August - 21 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 August - 21.   

1567  Francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint was born on August - 21.   

1597  Roger Twysden, English antiquarian and royalist (d. 1672) was born on August - 21.   

1642  Johann Friedrich Treiber, composer was born on this day in history.   

1643  Afonso VI, king of Portugal (1656-67) (mentally ill) was born on August - 21.   

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

1665  Giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer (d. 1729) was born on this day in history.   

1670  James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, French military leader (d. 1734) was born on this day in history.   

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

1751  Johann Georg Witthauer, composer was born on August - 21.   

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

1754  Banastre Tarleton, British soldier and politician (d. 1833) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history birth of jernej Kopitar, Slovenian censor (Slovenian Grammar)   

1789  Augustin-Louis, Baron Cauchy, French mathematician was born on this day in history.   

1798  On August - 21 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  On this day in history birth of guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, WW II Dutch statesman/historian   

1806  Johannes Frederick Frohlich, composer was born on this day in history.   

1809  On August - 21 birth of francesco Schira, composer   

1810  Thomas Jefferson McKean, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) was born on this day in history.   

1813  Jean Stas, Belgian chemist (d. 1891) was born on this day in history.   

1816  On this day in history birth of charles Frédéric Gerhardt, French chemist (d. 1856)   

1821  William Barksdale, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863 was born on August - 21.   

1824  John Sanford Mason, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1897 was born on August - 21.   

1825  Kate Fanny Loder, composer was born on August - 21.   

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

1829  Otto Goldschmidt, composer was born on August - 21.   

1847  On this day in history birth of arthur T Verhaegen, Belgian worker's union leader   

1852  Benedetto Junck, composer was born on this day in history.   

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1131  On this day in history boudouin II van Bourg, king of Jerusalem, dies   

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

1190  Godfried III, duke of Brabant (Grimbergse war), dies on August - 21.   

1245  Alexander van Hales, English scholar, dies on this day in history.   

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

1516  On this day in history 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 August - 21.